Telemedicine as lifeline during Covid-19: Inquirer columnist

MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Over the past year, we have seen telemedicine-i.e., the use of telecommunications technologies for different aspects of health care-become a regular feature of medical practice in the country, as Covid-19 cut off face-to-face consultations.
Once a novelty conceived for distant communities or reserved for individuals unable to leave their homes, it has become the first point of encounter between doctors and patients; once a fringe pursuit and even a frowned-upon terrain, the internet has now become an even more essential domain in clinical medicine.
This is a welcome development. Actually, this is where we had been heading anyway as a society; the pandemic only served as a turning point. This digital exodus holds the potential to enhance health literacy and, more importantly, make health care accessible to their patients by bridging geographic, socioeconomic, and physical barriers to care. It also allows doctors to continue their livelihood at a time when many people couldn't go to their clinics.

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