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Facilitators and barriers in acceptance of telemedicine among healthcare providers in Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey.
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- The transformative power of telemedicine in delivering effective neurosurgical care in low and middle-income countries: A review.Brain & spine · 2025Review
- Barriers to widespread adoption of telehealth from physicians' perspective: A survey in southern Iran.PloS one · 2025Article
- Current Status of Telerehabilitation Services in Low-Middle Income Countries - A Scoping Review.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2025Article
- From face-to-face to screen-to-screen: exploring the multifaceted dimensions of digital mental health care.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Evaluating remote healthcare practices: Experiences and recommendations of healthcare professionals on smart applications.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to assess healthcare professionals' awareness and acceptance of telemedicine residing in Pakistan. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted across Pakistan from November 2021 to March 2022. Data entry was done through a self-administered questionnaire. In this survey, the non-probability purposive sampling method was adopted. Medical doctors from all specialties that fall into the age category of 20-60 years were included in this study. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 was used for univariate data analysis. Results: Among the 860 healthcare professionals who received the survey, 198 responded (23.0% response rate). The mean ± SD age of the participants was 31.16 ± 8.56. The results were found to be statistically significant for knowledge about telemedicine among healthcare professionals workplace, that is, healthcare professionals working in the private sector indicated a high level of awareness regarding telemedicine as compared to those in the public sector ( Conclusion: Overall, healthcare professionals exhibited satisfactory knowledge regarding telemedicine and showed an accepting attitude toward telemedicine. Our study recommends enhancing the importance of Telemedicine training at the Healthcare professionals' level to produce quality service delivery in healthcare organizations.
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