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Measures Rationale Timeframe Related Domestic Agendas
Strategy 3: Create an equitable society where citizens can fully leverage the benefits of technology (Cont’d)
3.6) Develop a system of telemedicine for Telemedicine, a combination of medical information and communication technology innovations, allows 2019 - 2020  Digital Thailand Plan,
deployment as a healthcare service in physicians to diagnose and administer treatment remotely. It is an alternative method for the delivery of Strategy 3
rural areas universal healthcare services, suitable particularly for servicing remote locations. There are many types of
telemedicine. For example, Store and Forward telemedicine is used to transfer the medical records of a patient
electronically for evaluation by a physician at another location. In this case, there is no direct interaction
between the parties, hence a lower setup cost relative to other formats of telemedicine. Alternately, Real-Time
Interactive telemedicine allows two-way communication between the patient and the physician, which is
associated with higher implementation costs.

Recommendation
Before telemedicine is implemented in Thailand, studies should be conducted to determine which format of
telemedicine is most suitable for each area.

Additionally, there should be a centralized and integrated medical record database which healthcare personnel
can easily access online. A proper information security and privacy framework should also be established as
well.

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