Since a successful telemedicine network in Sri Lanka should be an innovative solution for providing medical treatment to patients remotely, providing two-way video communication between physicians and patients is more convenient than physical medical facilities in Sri Lanka.
Although there is not much progress in online healthcare in Sri Lanka yet, it seems that several people have taken the first step. Even so, only in a few sections. However, physical hospitals in Sri Lanka need improvement in every area though implementing remote medical facilities via the government will have many inconveniences. That’s why a proper involvement of regular service providers is now required.
(We have explained “why Sri Lanka needs an innovative telehealth service immediately” in one of our previous blogs. If you have missed it, first read it from here and continue reading this article)
Who can involve in providing telemedicine to Sri Lanka?
Well. Getting involved in the medical field also requires a broad experience in different sectors. Assume that a doctor is starting a small clinic in his hometown. He needs a nurse, a small pharmacy, necessary equipment, sanitary facilities, and maintenance rules and regulations. The process will be even more complicated regarding managing the facilities mentioned above and finance. So, the doctor we said should have a good vision and plan about the procedure of his hometown clinic.
According to this, if any organization is willing to start a telemedicine network in Sri Lanka, they should have a perfect vision and an overall plan. First, they need an island-wide survey about what they will do and what should be implemented.
Then, the organization should pay attention to how an active telemedicine service in Sri Lanka should be implemented?. They need to identify the relevant problems and implement the solutions discussed in our previous blog. You can read it here.
Once they have finished the survey, they will understand the complicated procedure. However, after such a survey, deedmed understood why Sri Lanka needs an island-wide telemedicine service that rushes through rural areas.
We explained it better in one of our previous blogs. So, if you have missed it, please visit it from here and continue reading this article back.
So, as we have understood, if an organization needs to implement an active telemedicine network in Sri Lanka that rushes through every square inch of the country with perfection, it will need qualified people from several sectors and qualities. Let us briefly explain who those are and what qualities they should have.
Who should be involved in implementing a better telemedicine network in Sri Lanka?
Some great surveyors
There should be a team here in every nook and corner of Sri Lanka that can survey to gather different sections and information. The survey should be conducted among the following measures.
Person-wise
- Age groups
- Computer and digital literacy
- Languages spoken
- Economy
- Diseases among them
Area-wise
- Population density
- Network facilities
- Diseases spread
- Infrastructure facilities
- Ongoing health facilities
Besides the above sections, the team should have a proper plan to develop a better strategy for regular surveys to implement an active telemedicine network in Sri Lanka.
Surveys are widely used in telehealth research to assess patient satisfaction, patient experience, patient preferences and attitudes, and the technical quality of tele-counseling. First, confidential survey questions are best suited to capture people’s experiences, perceptions, and attitudes. So the team should have a perfect vision of how to do this and a better familiarity with the criteria.
Super IT service team
Since the new technology is based on IT, a telemedicine network in Sri Lanka must be developed using modern technology. The platform should be user-friendly, convenient, and intelligent. To create such a platform, the IT service provider must be an up-to-date organization with modern technology and act as a perfect problem and solution understander.
Telemedicine translates technology-linked devices, AI-powered analytics, remote patient monitoring, and robotics into healthcare delivery. The benefits of telemedicine systems include improved access to care, higher-quality care, and clinical efficacy. So, the platform’s efficiency will depend on the work scope of the IT service provider.
Doctors
Since this is 100% a medical fact, doctors must monitor every step. They should involve in auditing the survey and building the platform via modern technology to supply the best and most convenient platform for patients to satisfy their mental and physical status. Also, the doctors should build a strategy for scheduling, advising, treating, and providing prescriptions. Once the program is launched, they should observe the other doctors and their procedures to secure the platform’s medical facilities.
Trusted and efficient pharmacy service providers
It is even more convenient and faster for the patient if they can buy the prescription via the telemedicine platform as soon as the doctor offers it. Furthermore, it will be even more comfortable if the patient can receive the order to the doorstep without any hassles. Therefore, to provide this service, Telemedicine service operators need to establish a reliable and efficient pharmacy network and register within the application.
It is not enough to have the above collaboration only to establish an active telemedicine network in Sri Lanka. But, the above participators will also need the following qualities.
Always being keen to provide the service.
Everyone mentioned above should play their role with a keen mind and a good vision. If a team or an organization works only to have their commission or share, patients will not be satisfied, or the planned objectives will be interrupted. Otherwise, the trust in the rural people’s minds will be lost, and sometimes their hopes will be lost. So, it can affect people’s mentality too. From the beginning, all the above groups should work with enthusiasm.
Being active
Being active is more important in this platform since sometimes a millisecond can be valuable. When working with someone’s life-related thing, perfection and an active way of work are recommended.
Efficient
Efficiency in offering patient support, scheduling appointments, and delivering medicines should always be on the platform for everyone.
Deedmed Lives is the only platform that offers additional qualities than the above. The platform has been built upon various surveys carried out throughout Sri Lanka. Deedmed Lives has an already registered doctor-pharmacy network from every corner of Sri Lanka to provide improved healthcare services to rural Sri Lanka. Stay in touch with us to experience more advanced healthcare in Sri Lanka via a developed digital platform.
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