Telemedicina y mejoramiento en la atención médica de los adultos mayores en un prestador externo del IESS nivel II en la provincia del Guayas.

Abstract

Telemedicine provides patients with different health services based on ICTs, especially when the distance to access them is an impediment for the patient to receive care and doctors to provide it, whose important factor is longitudinality, that is, the doctor-patient relationship in which they recognize each other as a continuity and complementing each other since the medical consultation does not replace or substitute a face-to-face consultation, it requires that the technical conditions that provide support and training of the health professional are given in optimal conditions for adequate communication. Therefore, the general objective of this research was to analyze the impact of telemedicine on medical care for older adults in an external provider of the IESS level II in the province of Guayas, through the theoretical foundation of the relationship between telemedicine and medical care, the identification of advantages and disadvantages and the evaluation of medical perception about telemedicine and accessibility of medical care in older adults. A survey was conducted among 51 healthcare professionals from the IEES provider who consented to be evaluated. The assessment was scored using a Likert scale and subjected to inferential statistics to identify the correlation between the two variables. The result was a strong positive correlation, which determined a high level of positive perception regarding the improvement of care for older adults through telemedicine.