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2023 | 2(64) | 19-32

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The Role of Telemedicine in Cross-border Cooperation between West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland and Mecklenburg Pomerania in Germany

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PL
Rola telemedycyny we współpracy transgranicznej pomiędzy województwem zachodniopomorskim w Polsce a Meklemburgią Pomorską w Niemczech

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PL
Telemedycyna zapewniła systemom opieki zdrowotnej szereg korzyści, w tym oszczędność kosztów, wygodę i możliwość zapewnienia opieki pacjentom mającym problemy z poruszaniem się lub mieszkającym na obszarach wiejskich, którym brakuje dostępu do lokalnych przychodni i lekarzy. Celem artykułu jest omówienie roli telemedycyny we współpracy transgranicznej pomiędzy województwem zachodniopomorskim a Meklemburgią Pomorską oraz jej znaczenia w zarządzaniu regionalnym. Aby osiągnąć ten cel, przyjęto wtórną analizę literatury. Dane wtórne zebrano z recenzowanej literatury i publikacji rządowych na temat roli, jaką odgrywa telemedycyna we współpracy transgranicznej w danym regionie, w tym znaczenia zarządzania regionalnego. W badaniu wykorzystano m. EUR-Lex, Scopus i Web of Science. Analiza wykazała, że projekty związane z opieką zdrowotną w UE są zarządzane w oparciu o proces hierarchiczny, który jednak należy zastąpić rozwiązaniem bardziej regionalnym, transgranicznym, aby poprawić współpracę transgraniczną w zakresie opieki zdrowotnej. W artykule tym stwierdzono również, że znaczenie regionalnego zarządzania telemedycyną we współpracy transgranicznej pomiędzy województwem zachodniopomorskim a Pomorzem Meklemburskim ma pomóc w opracowaniu trwałych ram współpracy transgranicznej w innych krajach/regionach UE w sprawach nie tylko opieki zdrowotnej, ale inni też. Kolejnym ważnym czynnikiem było zachowanie elastyczności w zarządzaniu współpracą transgraniczną. Wreszcie stwierdzono, że rolą telemedycyny we współpracy transgranicznej w tym regionie jest zapewnienie równomiernego rozwoju i harmonizacji zagadnień prawnych dotyczących opieki zdrowotnej. Zalecono, aby w ramach ustaleń, ponieważ współpraca transgraniczna w kwestiach związanych z opieką zdrowotną angażowała dużą grupę zainteresowanych stron, należy kontaktować się z instytucjami społecznymi i medycznymi, krajowymi i lokalnymi instytucjami administracyjnymi oraz ubezpieczycielami, ponieważ wszyscy oni odgrywają kluczową rolę w transgranicznej współpracy w dziedzinie zdrowia.
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Telemedicine has presented health systems with a number of advantages, including cost savings, convenience and the ability to offer care to patients with mobility issues, or those who reside in rural areas who lack access to local clinics or doctors. The aim of this article was to discuss the role of telemedicine in cross-border cooperation between West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Mecklenburg Pomerania as well as its importance in regional governance. In order to achieve this aim, a secondary literature analysis was assumed. Secondary data was gathered from peer-reviewed literature and government publications on the role played by telemedicine in cross-border cooperation in the region of interest, including the importance of regional governance. Some of the databases used to source the secondary data for this research include EUR-Lex, Scopus, and Web of Science. The analysis found that healthcare-related projects in the EU are governed using hierarchical process, but this needs to be replaced with a more regional, cross-border arrangement in order to improve cross-border healthcare cooperation. This article also found that the importance of regional governance of telemedicine in cross-border cooperation between West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Mecklenburg Pomerania is to help develop sustainable frameworks for cross-border cooperation within other countries/regions of the EU in matters not only healthcare, but others as well. Another important factor that was the maintenance of flexibility when it comes to governance of cross-border cooperation. Lastly, it was found that the roles of telemedicine in cross-border cooperation in this region was to bring about even development and harmonize legal issues that pertain to healthcare. It was recommended that, since cross-border cooperation on matters regarding healthcare normally involve a large group of stakeholders, social and medical institutions, national and local administrative institutions, and insurance providers need to be contacted in such arrangements as they all play a key role in cross-border health cooperation.

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19-32

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2023

Contributors

  • WSB University
  • Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

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Biblioteka Nauki
33777897

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