Rehabilitation Services: Why should we use Tele-rehabilitation in IRAN? (Necessity and Application)

Authors

  • Kianoush Abdi Department of rehabilitation mangement, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • niloufar rabanifar Department of rehabilitation management, university of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

People living in rural areas far from health care centers are more likely to require health care services due to their long distances services and poverty(1). Tele-rehabilitation is considered as one of the rapidly emerging and growing areas of telemedicine and a precious model for providing clinical services like assessment, treatment and follows up as well as reducing the length of time for hospitalization. In fact, this method can have similar or even better results compared to conventional interventions(2) and sometimes can be used as an alternative for ordinary services(3).  

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volume 17  issue 4

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publication date 2019-12

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