The Perception And Intention Of Practice Telemedicine At Primary Care

Abstract

The study is to focused on the perceptions and intentions to use telemedicine in primary care.  During the pandemic, the demand for telemedicine has increased over the time with the increasing need over physical distancing. As a result, patients have grown comfortable consulting the doctors virtually. Telemedicine is found to be effective for providing remote healthcare monitoring services to the patients. The innovative technology used in telemedicine benefits the patients by providing an alternative to maintain communication with their healthcare providers and enabling greater information sharing within the healthcare establishment.  The SPPS is used to test the primary data on findings and analysis.  The findings is to reflect the true picture of perceptions and intentions to use telemedicine in primary care. Furthermore, the pilot study has been conducted to establish the relationship between the dependent and independent variable. From the regression and Pearson correlation analysis, it has been found that the independent variables i.e the perception and intention to use telemedicine and dependent variables i.e using telemedicine in primary care have a strong correlation and are positive. Hence, this study demonstrated that perceptions and intentions of using telemedicine are significantly important in primary care in Malaysia.