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Lee Na-yeong

Last month, a research institution surveyed
507 doctors about “remote care.” This term
and “telemedicine” are defined as analyzing
a patient's physical signs, blood sugar, blood
pressure, pulse, or other biological markers
using information and communication
technologies, then consulting and prescribing
treatments. More than half of the doctors
surveyed opposed telemedicine for medical
treatment. 23.7% of physicians viewed this
practice as “very negative,” 37.7% viewed it
as “negative,” and 23.7% viewed it as simply
“normal.” About the forms of telemedicine
(multiple responses), 58% doctors thought
of “video call treatments,” and 42% viewed
this treatment as “sharing information about
a disease from a physical distance.” Other
answers included “sending medical records,
medical images, and pathology pictures”
(37%), “tracking a patient's data with wearable
devices” (35%), and “communicating medical
information such as electrocardiogram results
using smart phones” (31%). Despite the
negative views, 68% of physicians said that the
advent of the 5G era will affect telemedicine
and the overall medical environment. However,
84% of respondents said it was difficult to
pinpoint the patient's condition without seeing
the patient directly.

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