Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science (Jul 2021)
THE ROLE OF TELEMEDICINE AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE PARADIGM SHIFT OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN ROMANIA
Abstract
The article outlines the role of telemedicine within the entire medical services in Romania, and aims to highlight the benefits and limitations of this type of interaction, its current market size, its growth potential and the top ten private players involved. In order to achieve the goals set in the European Digital Strategy 2030, Romania must continue to adopt measures that include raising public awareness of the benefits involved by telemedicine, the support of large-scale projects that may test and evaluate telemedicine, as well as legislative acts to eliminate the barriers against the use of telemedicine. As digital medicine gains importance, several paradigms involving the doctor-patient interaction, prophylaxis, healthy human medicine, and the family doctors will also chan
