Telemedicine in transfusion medicine: Bridging gaps in access, compliance, and expertise in the remote high-altitude hilly regions of Uttarakhand, India - 30/10/24
Doi : 10.1016/j.tracli.2024.08.001
Manish Raturi ⁎ 
, Yashaswi Dhiman, Dushyant Singh Gaur, Adityaveer Sahrawat
, Yashaswi Dhiman, Dushyant Singh Gaur, Adityaveer Sahrawat Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, Dehradun 248016 Uttarakhand, India
⁎Corresponding author.
Highlights |
• | Telemedicine, particularly through video-interviewing (VI), is vital for improving healthcare access in remote areas, especially in transfusion medicine. |
• | The manuscript highlights its benefits in our blood centre where VI enhances consultation timeliness and serology reactive blood donor notification. Telemedicine facilitates expertise access, knowledge sharing, virtual training, and strengthening local healthcare thus improving transfusion services in remote high-altitude hilly regions. |
• | Embracing telemedicine with technological advancements, like AI and mobile health apps, offers future enhancements and may help optimize transfusion practices in underserved regions of Uttarakhand India. |
Keywords : Blood centre, High altitude hilly regions, Serology reactive blood donors, Telemedicine program, Transfusion medicine, Uttarakhand, Video interviewing, Indian Subcontinent
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Vol 31 - N° 4
P. 262-264 - novembre 2024 Retour au numéro
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