Health care in rural areas: proposal of a new telemedicine program assisted from the reference health centers, for a sustainable digitization and its contribution to the carbon footprint reduction

Health care in rural areas: proposal of a new telemedicine program assisted from the reference health centers, for a sustainable digitization and its contribution to the carbon footprint reduction

Introduction: This paper studies and quantifies the environmental benefits of implementing a new telemedicine service for users of the public health system in a rural area of Alicante (Spain). The proposed telemedicine service is based on carrying out 20% of the follow-on consultations with a specia...

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Main Authors: Moncho-Santonja Maria, Aparisi-Navarro Silvia, Defez Garcia Beatriz, Davol Andrew, Peris-Fajarnés Guillermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Rural telemedicine
Pollutants
Sustainable digitization
Carbon footprint
Atmospheric emissions
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022011008

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