Telecare and digital health are an illustration of the new reality where people and doctors can establish communication without changing the location. It is beneficial for enhancing the quality of the provided help and reallocation of human and material resources in order to aid more patients (Clemensen et al., 2017). It is necessary to point out that telemedicine changes the methodology of treatment used by doctors or nurses (David, 2020). It requires establishing trustful relationships with the patient, as there is no opportunity to conduct a survey. The human has to explain to the healthcare worker his or her complaint in an honest and detailed way. The purpose of this paper is to examine the article by Zachrison and others (2020) and evaluate the advantages of telecare on the example of the functioning of emergency departments in the USA.
Emergency departments are associated with the resuscitation and hospital wards. However, it can be observed that death threats may take various forms (Zachrison et al., 2020). For example, a patient may want to commit suicide, and a rapid reaction of the psychotherapist is needed. In this case, telemedicine is the best option as it provides a chance to help a person in an immediate and efficient way without wasting time on transportation. The researchers came to the conclusion that telecare is used in the majority of emergency departments in the USA (Zachrison et al., 2020). Neurology and psychiatry are among the spheres where digital health is the most widespread method of treatment (Zachrison et al., 2020). A multivariable logistic analysis was implemented to make a detailed conclusion based on the numbers and statistics (Zachrison et al., 2020). Telecare is a perspective approach in the sphere of medicine, which is advantageous for organizing an efficient and rapid treatment process.
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