Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Feb 15, 2021
Date Accepted: Jun 2, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Jun 3, 2021
Telehealth - an emerging health technology as a future model in Vietnam during Covid-19 pandemic: practical experience from Phutho General Hospital
ABSTRACT
Telehealth has been emerging as a model of modern technology for healthcare services in Vietnam during the Covid-19 pandemic. Actively preventing the outbreak of Covid-19 and national digital transformation program, Vietnamese Ministry of Health has launched the project 2628/QD-BYT that approved a scheme for remote medical examination and treatment for 2020-2025. The project is aiming to connect 1000 hospitals to strengthen the quality of medical services from central hospitals to rural areas via provincial hospitals. The Phutho Genral Hospital (PGH) is one of leading provincial hospitals that participating and appling early the telehealth systems in Vietnam. By telehealth systems, PGH can offer a valuable support to the doctor’s activity by streamlining and facilitating their work. Telehealth was demonstrated to be feasible, acceptable, and effective in PGH of Vietnam, and allowed for significant improvements in health care outcomes. As the achieved results, the Covid-19 pandemic represents a positive input for the acceleration and enhancement of Telehealth in Vietnam. The success of telehealth here may be a useful reference for other parts of the world.
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