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Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspective from a country with limited internet access

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the worldwide implementation of telemedicine because of the need for medical care for patients, especially those with chronic diseases. This perspective paper presents the current situation of telemedicine in Peru, showing advances in regulation, cases of successful implementation, and the current challenges. Access to health should be available to all, and more efforts need to be implemented to offer access to the internet to achieve high-quality telemedicine to all the vulnerable groups in Peru. / Revisión por pares

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/657329
Date01 July 2021
CreatorsAlvarez-Risco, Aldo, Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla, Yañez3, Jaime A.
PublisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Source SetsUniversidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
Formatapplication/html
SourceAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105, 1, 6, 11
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
Relationhttps://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/aop/article-10.4269-ajtmh.21-0255/article-10.4269-ajtmh.21-0255.xml

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