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- Olga Angelovská
- Karolína Dobiášová
- Jolana Kopsa Těšinová
Abstract
The COVID‐19 Pandemic contributed to accelerating the process of using information and communication technologies and digital technologies in healthcare management and delivery within healthcare systems. At that time, the Czech healthcare system faced the same problems as other European systems and struggled with a temporary limitation of direct provision of healthcare services. It was solved by switching to telemedicine. The Czech healthcare system used telemedicine to a minimal extent until then. Despite adopting the law on healthcare digitisation, it is still one of the countries with a lower level of digitisation of healthcare processes. The article presents the results of an exploratory expert investigation focused on the implementation and development of telemedicine in the Czech Republic. The conducted research aimed to identify problems related to the implementation of telemedicine in practice, place them in the broader framework of the healthcare system and structure them, propose possible solutions, and identify the future challenges of telemedicine in the Czech Republic. We based our study on the results of a three‐phase QUAL‐QUAN‐QUAL research. Data collection in the first phase took the form of individual semi‐structured interviews with patients (25) with practical experience in the field of telemedicine, followed by the second quantitative phase of the questionnaire survey with patients (650). The third qualitative phase included semi‐structured interviews with experts (17) with practical experience in telemedicine. The introduction and expansion of telemedicine require several fundamental changes. These include adjustments to the legislative environment and changes to the technological infrastructure, organisation of care and work. Several barriers have been identified at the healthcare system level, healthcare providers, healthcare professionals and patients.
Suggested Citation
Olga Angelovská & Karolína Dobiášová & Jolana Kopsa Těšinová, 2025.
"Pandemic COVID‐19 as a challenge for telemedicine in the Czech Republic,"
International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(1), pages 271-286, January.
Handle:
RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:40:y:2025:i:1:p:271-286
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3863
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