Abstract
Background Information technology has offered a bridging pathway for geo-separation between clinician and consumer thus providing more efficient and economic health care services. Successful adaptation and integration of e-Health and concepts of telemedicine in clinical practice will aid in increasing subjective proficiencies offers location independent health care services and also reduces health care costs. Hence this study was conducted to assess the beliefs as well as the practices in the medical students to evaluate end user needs preferences benefits and barriers. The study assessed the self-rated views of medical students regarding telemedicine its benefits and barriers.Methodology A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2022 among medical students of a Government Medical College in Bengaluru. By universal sampling technique a total of 102 medical students participated in the study. Data was collected by an online survey using Google forms using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire which included self-reported views barriers and benefits in the backdrop of e-Health and telemedicine. Data was exported to MS Excel and SPSS was used for analysis. Descriptive data has been presented in the form of proportions and percentages. Normally distributed qualitative data were expressed as mean and standard deviation.Results Majority of the respondents had moderate knowledge about e-Health 42 and telemedicine 47. Only 28 agreed that quality of health care can be enhanced by telemedicine. Participants also opined that telemedicine offers location independent health care services 49 and reduces health care costs 48. Concerns about the security and privacy of the data was also raised by the participants.Conclusion The study has provided acumen into the perceptions of budding healthcare professionals regarding e-Health and telemedicine. Telemedicine can help in providing access to health care services equitably and can be a tool for better health workforce in the near future.
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