| Autor: |
Wachs JP; School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA; email: jpwachs@purdue.edu., Kirkpatrick AW; Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Surgery, and Medicine; Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases; and the Trauma Program, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada.; Tele-Mentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interaction (TMUSMI) Research Group, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada., Tisherman SA; Department of Surgery and the Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Telemedicine is perhaps the most rapidly growing area in health care. Approximately 15 million Americans receive medical assistance remotely every year. Yet rural communities face significant challenges in securing subspecialist care. In the United States, 25% of the population resides in rural areas, where less than 15% of physicians work. Current surgery residency programs do not adequately prepare surgeons for rural practice. Telementoring, wherein a remote expert guides a less experienced caregiver, has been proposed to address this challenge. Nonetheless, existing mentoring technologies are not widely available to rural communities, due to a lack of infrastructure and mentor availability. For this reason, some clinicians prefer simpler and more reliable technologies. This article presents past and current telementoring systems, with a focus on rural settings, and proposes aset of requirements for such systems. We conclude with a perspective on the future of telementoring systems and the integration of artificial intelligence within those systems. |
