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John O, Sarbadhikari SN, Prabhu T, Goel A, Thomas A, Shroff S, Allaudin F, Weerbaaddana C, Alhuwail D, Koirala U, Johnrose J, Codyre P, Bleaden A, Singh S, Bajaj S
Implementation and Experiences of Telehealth: Balancing Policies With Practice in Countries of South Asia, Kuwait, and the European Union
Implementation Experiences of Telehealth balancing Policies with Practice in some countries of South Asia, Kuwait and EU
Oommen John;
Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari;
Thanga Prabhu;
Ashvini Goel;
Alexander Thomas;
Sunil Shroff;
Fazilah Allaudin;
Chaminda Weerbaaddana;
Dari Alhuwail;
Udaya Koirala;
Jayalal Johnrose;
Patricia Codyre;
Andy Bleaden;
Shubnum Singh;
Shuchin Bajaj
ABSTRACT
This viewpoint summarizes the discussion during the “Translating Policy to Practice in Telehealth – Lessons from Global Implementation Experiences” Panel held virtually at the Telemedicon2020, from December 18-20, 2020. This panel brought together policy and implementation experts from across the globe to share their experiences in development and implementation of telehealth standards and of scaling up of telehealth interventions within health systems. Several common themes arose from the discussion, including the significant role of the people, encouragement by the respective government policymakers, addressing the concerns, particularly related to privacy, confidentiality and security, and capacity building of the human resources. These are discussed in turn along with the future directions identified by the panelists, which emphasized the need for active encouragement towards the adoption and diffusion of digital health, in general, and, telehealth, in particular. All the stakeholders, right from the governmental policymakers, to the common citizens, need to come together to build trusting partnerships to realize the advantages offered by telehealth.
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John O, Sarbadhikari SN, Prabhu T, Goel A, Thomas A, Shroff S, Allaudin F, Weerbaaddana C, Alhuwail D, Koirala U, Johnrose J, Codyre P, Bleaden A, Singh S, Bajaj S
Implementation and Experiences of Telehealth: Balancing Policies With Practice in Countries of South Asia, Kuwait, and the European Union