Cent Eur J Public Health 2022, 30(2):131-135 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a7458

Telemedicine in prenatal care

Hynek Heřman^{1, 2}, Adéla Faridová¹, Ondřej Tefr³, Sarah Farid⁴, Noble Ayayee¹, Klára Trojanová¹, Jindřich Mareš¹, Petr Křepelka^{1, 2}, Jiří Hanáček^{1, 2}, Barbora Jalůvková⁵, Ladislav Krofta^{1, 2}, Jaroslav Feyereisl^{1, 2}

¹ Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic

² Third Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

³ MEDDI hub a.s., Prague, Czech Republic

⁴ Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

⁵ Rudolf and Stefanie Hospital, Benešov, Czech Republic

Telemedicine, as a health service provided remotely, is increasingly becoming a common part of health care. Telemedicine is defined as "an umbrella term for health activities, services and systems operated remotely through information and communication technologies to promote global health, prevention and health care, as well as education, health management and health research". It also describes telemedicine as "the provision of services where distance is a critical factor, using information and communication technologies to exchange valid information for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injury, for research and evaluation, and for the continuing education of healthcare providers to improve the health of individuals and communities". Both definitions imply that two of the hallmarks of telemedicine include the use of communication and information technologies to overcome distance as a critical factor, a factor that is well known to us, not least from the recent months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance medicine can thus act as a tool for improving access to health care and also complement health care itself in a very appropriate way.

Klíčová slova: telemedicine, prenatal care, pregnancy, e-health, pandemic, telemonitoring

Vloženo: 30. duben 2022; Revidováno: 27. červen 2022; Přijato: 27. červen 2022; Zveřejněno: 30. červen 2022  Zobrazit citaci