Telemedicine continues to grow as a solution to increase access to healthcare. Patients living in rural areas stand to gain immense benefits from telehealth because it can reduce barriers related to cost and travel. A recent study sought to demonstrate the efficacy of telehealth in reducing these burdens for patients with diabetes living in rural Georgia and Alabama.
Topics: disease management, telehealth, diabetes, chronic disease, video conferencing, patient satisfaction
Telehealth solutions are commonly used to manage chronic diseases like diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma, hypertension, and COPD, yet research on using telehealth for digestive diseases is lacking.
Topics: medication adherence, disease management, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, telehealth model, digestive disease, patient satisfaction