Rev Clin Esp (Barc). 2022 May 23:S2254-8874(22)00034-0. doi: 10.1016/j.rceng.2021.12.007. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
The implementation of telemedicine as another tool for patient care in the hospital setting is a challenge for any healthcare system. Given the difficulties and limitations, the International Forum on Internal Medicine (FIMI, for its initials in Spanish) has sponsored this consensus document with 20 scientific societies from 17 countries in Europe and the Americas. The aim was to propose a general framework that allows for the development and implementation of telemedicine in hospital clinical care that would be useful to FIMI member countries. The document we present includes recommendations from the FIMI in its executive summary that intend to guarantee effective, safe, efficient, sustainable, and proportional healthcare interventions based on the best scientific evidence available. The authors believe that this document must be updated within a maximum period of two years.
PMID:35618572 | DOI:10.1016/j.rceng.2021.12.007