Is telemedicine best alternative to reaching last mile: Investigation in the context of rural India Chakraborty Samyadip1,*, Bhatt Vaidik2,4, Chakravorty Tulika3 1Associate Professor 2Research Scholar, Department of Operations & IT, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad 3Doctoral scholar, Dept of Logistics and supply chain Management (LSCM), UPES Dehradun, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India 4The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) (Deemed to be University u/s 3 of the UGC Act 1956), Hyderabad-India *Corresponding author: Dr. Samyadip Chakraborty Associate Professor, Department of Operations & [IT, IFHE University, Hyderabad, India, E-mail: samyadip@ibsindia.org
Online published on 1 November, 2018. Abstract Technology has played a role in the quality and assurance of life. Application of technology in the healthcare field has increased manifolds in past decade with the development of new devices and IT. Telemedicine-a technology for remote diagnosis of diseases provides health care facilities to the remote area. In the context of India, telemedicine can be an option to provide healthcare facilities to last mile, the interior villages with the help of technology. Although it is a conceptual paper, the paper investigates the enabler of telemedicine technology adoption and implementation and ends up with the proposed model with the constructs and constructs definitions with the proposed items which are useful for telemedicine implementation. Through the systematic literature review followed by one to one interaction with the physicians, patients and telemedicine experts who all are currently using the technology the propositions are made which are likely to affect the implementation and adoption of telemedicine technology. telemedicine is a useful technology, when it comes to the affordability, quality and reach of healthcare services in India. Private hospitals as well as government both have to work together to provide the better healthcare for better India. Top Keywords Telemedicine; Healthcare; rural India. Top |