Telemedicine Services Contribution to the Sustainable Social Development

Abstract

During the research the authors identified the main directions for achieving sustainable development in healthcare. The purpose of the work is to study the telemedicine services contribution to the sustainable social development. A man determined that telemedicine services contributed to the coverage of the population with high-quality medical services at an acceptable cost level, simplified the interaction and communication of health care subjects, supported countries in the fight against global challenges, such as aging of the population, high prevalence of non-communicable diseases, growth of new cases of infectious diseases. The study consists of the function classification of telemedicine services. They are: clinical, communicative, preventive and educational types. The authors revealed the specificity of the telemedicine service from the point of view of the functions assigned to it; and proved the effectiveness of telemedicine services in the implementation of sustainable social development by the example of the countries experience.