Telehealth, Telemedicine in the Field of Communicable Diseases and Immunization

Vildan TOPCUa , Fatma Nur BARAN AKSAKALa

aGazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ankara, Türkiye

ABSTRACT
Telehealth applications significantly increase the quality of healthcare by improving patient outcomes and increasing accessibility and efficiency. Telemedicine applications; In addition to being used as a reminder to increase vaccination rates in immunization programs or to collect data, it can be used to manage the various challenges faced by healthcare systems in global infectious disease outbreaks. To this end; can prevent overcrowding in emergency rooms, urgent care clinics, and primary care clinics. It can also be used to reduce face-to-face clinic visits and meet the healthcare needs of patients with chronic diseases. Telemedicine can also play a role in disease surveillance in rural areas, where delays in recognizing and responding to disease can lead to uncontrolled spread of infectious diseases. Telemedicine better represents the future of a new and powerful healthcare system that will increasingly redefine medical care for the treatment of both acute and chronic infectious diseases.
Keywords: Telehealth; telemedicine; communicable diseases; immunization

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