Laima Alam|Mafaza Alam|Amina Mannan Malik|Varqa Faraid
Is Telemedicine our cup of tea? A nationwide cross-sectional survey regarding doctors’ experience and perceptions
Shifa International Hospital|Armed Forces Institute of Pathology|Shifa International Hospital|Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
evaluate experience perceptions regarding telemedicine perceived barriers among medical doctorsthis crosssectional survey carried enrolling practicing doctors pakistan experience 6 months sending validated piloted questionnaire email data collection done 10th october 9th november 2020 taking ethical approval concerned authorities data analysed using spss v 190twohundredforty responses received response rate 63 female participants 628 majority participants working urban 885 semiurban 9 locality either teaching 359 tertiary care hospitals 346 seventythree percent doctors didnt receive formal training half doctors reporting nonavailability infrastructure specific hardware large number participants concerned regarding nonavailability regulatory bodies evaluations accreditations service providers risks malpractice misseddiagnosis prescription errors medicolegal issues availability specific infrastructure statistically related hospital setup locality specialty participants lack technological literacy infrastructure considered main constraints public using telemedicineevidence effectiveness telemedicine across different fields inconsistent lacks technical legal cultural ethical considerations inadequate training low level technological literacy lack infrastructure main barriers implementing telehealth highquality evidence based studies required practical longterm policies