Remote patient assessment using digital stethoscope for telehealth systems in Australia

每名病人可直接节省约15 600元。间接成本降低将显著减少患者的旅行、国家交通基础设施成本的节省、温室气体排放以及患者和/或专科医生因私人或公共交通旅行而产生的所有其他不良后果。其他间接好处包括在远程位置与患者一起工作的工作人员通过远程链接附带学习。其他好处包括患者更快乐，因为他们不需要经常离开他们的家和亲人。通过减少焦虑和减轻患者的压力，这可以转化为国家利益。

The direct saving will be about $15 600 per individual patient. Indirect cost reductions will significantly minimise travel for patients, national savings in transport infrastructure costs, greenhouse gases emissions and all the other undesirable consequences of either private or public transport travel for patients and/or specialist physicians. Other indirect benefits include incidental learning by staff working with patients in the remote location through the remote link. Other advantages include happier patients as they will not need to leave their home and loved ones as often. This can be translated into national benefits through reduction in anxiety and less stressful patients.