Medical teleconsultation in the polish healthcare system

Abstract

Telemedicine is a relatively new form of medicine and healthcare combining elements of telecommunications, IT and medicine. Telemedicine is also increasingly important in Poland. Currently, the law allows for the provision of medical health services using ICT systems. For physicians in practice the most important is the possibility of teleconsultation. The public payer (National Health Fund) is financing in Poland the teleconsylum cardiology and geriatrics. The subject of the article is the presentation of the possibility of providing medical teleconsultations in the Polish healthcare system.