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Dipak Nandi, M.D: The Telemedicine Models for Healthcare Services
Dipak Nandi, M.D while serving on the coronavirus patient & administering mental health treatment, observed some factors mentioning below.
Today the pandemic corona virus has changed and affected the population globally. Along with financial, physical health issues, the pandemic has also created a psychological impact among many in the global population; which are mostly anxiety-driven panic among people, excess usage of drugs, depression as well as paranoia. Especially as people are been disconnected and been prevented from accessing their normal life and living style leading to them bother concerning income, job, security, and so on.
In fact, the further absence of the COVID- 19 medical cure and the strategy of self isolation and social distancing in order to reduced social contact to decrease the spread of the virus resulting in reduced access to support from family and friends. This not only causing loneliness but also risking worsening anxiety and depressive symptoms; even though social distancing may well has accomplished its purposes for curbing the contagious virus.
In fact, it is seen that in the pandemic both the clinical and non-clinical staff are also at risk of psychological distress for their hectic work pressure and as they are expected to work longer hours with a high risk of being exposed to the virus; creating burnout, negative impact on the capacity of the health system, stress leading to anxiety.
This is when in this crisis telemedicine comes as a savior. Being a platform practically feasible, convenient and appropriate for supporting all the physically and mentally ill patients and health service providers during this pandemic telemedicine also proves to be a cost-effective solution too.
Blurring all geographical boundaries and providing the treatment solution, the platform also helps in providing counseling, supervision, training, and tele monitoring. Saving all the frontline, patients, the platform helps in reducing person-to-person contact between health service providers and COVID-19 patients too.
Dipak Nandi, M.D while serving on the corona virus patient & administering mental health treatment in fact observed, telemedicine today is one of the alternative models for supporting all the healthcare services and clinical decision assistance.