Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region
Telemedicine solutions have been rapidly expanding in recent years and the COVID pandemic has provided an unforeseen testbed of their potential. In Piedmont, a few studies have clearly shown that the deployment of telemedicine results from the intertwining of many factors, including the consideratio...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:netcom_7250 https://doi.org/10.4000/netcom.7250 urn:doi:10.4000/netcom.7250 https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/7250 2023-05-16T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ijat https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region Netcom Netcom Association info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2431-210X info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0987-6014 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/netcom Alesina, Marta Ballesio, Matteo Dalmasso, Marco Occelli, Sylvie Presutti, Michele Scelfo, Bibiana telemedicine health mobility healthcare access territorial health-care delivery local area telemedicine plan. télémédecine mobilité de santé accès aux soins de santé prestation de soins de santé dans les zones de santé plan de télémédecine Telemedicine solutions have been rapidly expanding in recent years and the COVID pandemic has provided an unforeseen testbed of their potential. In Piedmont, a few studies have clearly shown that the deployment of telemedicine results from the intertwining of many factors, including the consideration of access and sustainability issues. Building on these premises, this study analyses the 2019 health mobility to specialist care in Piedmont local health areas. It investigates to what extent telemedicine services might overcome the distance gap between the place of residence of patients and that of delivery of healthcare services, thus reducing the need to move. Medical specialties and the type of examinations which can be delivered digitally were first identified; then the number of patients eligible to telemedicine treatment was estimated. Finally, a few hypotheses regarding the possibility to substitute physical encounters with virtual ones, through tele-visits were formulated and their impact on the reduction of mobility flows and travelled distance examined. To give more practical ground to the discussion, reference is made to the situation of TO3 ASL, where a telemedicine plan has been recently laid out. Les solutions de télémédecine se sont rapidement développées ces dernières années et la pandémie du COVID a été un banc d’essai de leur potentiel. Dans le Piémont, plusieurs études ont clairement montré que le déploiement de la télémédecine résulte de l’imbrication de nombreux facteurs, notamment la prise en compte des questions d’accès et de durabilité. S’appuyant sur ce constat, cette étude examine la mobilité aux soins spécialisés dans les zones locales de santé du Piémont, en 2019. Elle explore dans quelle mesure les services de télémédecine pourraient surmonter la distance entre le lieu de résidence des patients et celui de la prestation des services de santé, réduisant ainsi le besoin de se déplacer. L’analyse d’abord identifie les spécialités médicales et le type d’examens pouvant être effectués par le biais du numérique; ensuite elle estime le nombre de patients éligibles au traitement par télémédecine. Enfin, des hypothèses concernant la possibilité de substituer les rencontres physiques par des rencontres virtuelles sont formulées et les impacts sur la réduction des flux de mobilité et de la distance parcourue examinés. Pour mieux ancrer la discussion à un cas réel, l’analyse fait référence à la situation du bassin de compétence de l’établissement de santé TO3, où un plan de télémédecine a été récemment rédigé. |
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telemedicine health mobility healthcare access territorial health-care delivery local area telemedicine plan. télémédecine mobilité de santé accès aux soins de santé prestation de soins de santé dans les zones de santé plan de télémédecine |
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telemedicine health mobility healthcare access territorial health-care delivery local area telemedicine plan. télémédecine mobilité de santé accès aux soins de santé prestation de soins de santé dans les zones de santé plan de télémédecine Alesina, Marta Ballesio, Matteo Dalmasso, Marco Occelli, Sylvie Presutti, Michele Scelfo, Bibiana Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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Telemedicine solutions have been rapidly expanding in recent years and the COVID pandemic has provided an unforeseen testbed of their potential. In Piedmont, a few studies have clearly shown that the deployment of telemedicine results from the intertwining of many factors, including the consideration of access and sustainability issues. Building on these premises, this study analyses the 2019 health mobility to specialist care in Piedmont local health areas. It investigates to what extent telemedicine services might overcome the distance gap between the place of residence of patients and that of delivery of healthcare services, thus reducing the need to move. Medical specialties and the type of examinations which can be delivered digitally were first identified; then the number of patients eligible to telemedicine treatment was estimated. Finally, a few hypotheses regarding the possibility to substitute physical encounters with virtual ones, through tele-visits were formulated and their impact on the reduction of mobility flows and travelled distance examined. To give more practical ground to the discussion, reference is made to the situation of TO3 ASL, where a telemedicine plan has been recently laid out. |
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Alesina, Marta Ballesio, Matteo Dalmasso, Marco Occelli, Sylvie Presutti, Michele Scelfo, Bibiana |
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Alesina, Marta Ballesio, Matteo Dalmasso, Marco Occelli, Sylvie Presutti, Michele Scelfo, Bibiana |
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Alesina, Marta |
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Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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Telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the Piedmont region |
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telemedicine in the making: insights from an analysis of health mobility in the piedmont region |
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