Telemedicine in Negros Occidental:

The Perception and Challenges

Encountered by the Physician
PRESENTED BY: KATHLEEN ANN P. DONCERAS, RHOSE ANN P. MOLINA, JOSEPHANIE MONIBET,
MARICHO C. TRINIDAD
ADVISER: VALERIE BLANCAFLOR, RPH

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE INC.

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
 Brief Introduction
Part
I Significance of the study

Objectives/Statement of the
Problem

Scope & Limitation

 Telemedicine available for health care
professionals (HCPs)
 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus 2 (SARS-COV2)
 December 2019, first case was documented at Wuhan, China
 Contagious, flu-like symptoms, asymptomatic, mild-moderate to severe resulting to death

 Telemedicine and E Prescription

 Telemedicine - Joint Memorandum Circular of the Department of Health (DOH)and the
National Privacy Commission (NPC) on the use of telemedicine in the CoViD-19
response.
 FDA approves e presciption - FDA issued Circular No. 2020-007
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Beneficiaries Contributions

Patients
improve access

The public
Improve quality of teleconsultation

Medical Doctor formulating solutions to help overcome the

difficulties during telemedicine
Pharmacy students collaborative work between the physician and
the pharmacist
Future researchers
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

• Age
• perception of the physicians
• Sex in using telemedicine during
What is the covid-19 pandemic.
• Location • challenges encountered by
profile of the
respondents • specialty To the physician according to
ease of use, quality of
when practice determine: connectivity, and
grouped collaborative work with the
according to: pharmacist.
• Satisfaction of physician in
using telemedicine
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE
STUDY
 Part Locale of the Study

Methodology II Respondents of the study

Sample size & Sampling Technique

Research instrument

Data Analysis Procedure

LOCALE OF THE STUDY
RESPONDENTS OF THE STUDY

Fifty Four (54)

medical doctors
who use
telemedicine in
Negros Occidental.
SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Random sampling technique

• Fifty four (54) Medical Doctors
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

Data gathering tool Scale of Interpretation

5 Strongly agree

4 Agree
Google
Google form
form
3 Neutral
Survey
questionnaire
questionnaire 2 Disagree
(was
(was validated
validated by
by
3 experts)
3 experts)
1 Strongly disagree
DATA ANALYSIS

Descriptive Statistics
Mean
Standard Deviation
 PRESENTATIO
Part N, ANALYSES,
III
&
INTERPRETAT
ION OF DATA
RELIABILITY STATISTIC

Cronbach's Alpha based on

Cronbach's Alpha N of Items
Standardized Items

0.901 0.899 10
Table 1. Distribution of the Demographic Profile of the
Respondents of the Study according to area of Practice

44
45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1

0
Bacolod City Sagay City Silay City San Enrique Kabankalan Cadiz City Talisay City Isabela Bago City
City

Place of residence
Table 2. Distribution of the Profile of
the Respondents of the Study according
to age.
20

18

16

14

12
20
10

8 14
11
6
8
4

2 1

0
26-35years old 36-45years old 46-55years ol 56-65years old 66 and above years old

Age
Table 3. Distribution of the Profile of
the Respondents of the Study according
to sex. Sex
Sex

28 28
27.5

27

26.5
26
26

25.5

25

Female

Male
Table 4.

Specialty
18
18
16
14 15
12
10
8
6
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2 4 5
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Table 5. Distribution of the Respondents of the Study
according to the perception of the physicians in using
telemedicine during covid-19 pandemic.
Perception of the physicians in using telemedicine during covid-19 pandemic.
  Mean Std. Deviation

Telemedicine improves my access to my patient

4.56 .769
during pandemic

 Telemedicine is a new tactic that I can adopt. 4.24 .699

I find telemedicine easy to use 3.72 .787

I understand the advantages and disadvantages of
4.31 .639
telemedicine
Result: The perception of the physician in using
telemedicine during the covid-19 pandemic is they
find telemedicine easy to use.
Table 6. Distribution of the Respondents of the Study according to the
The challenges encountered by the physician according to usefulness, quality
of connectivity, and collaborative work with the pharmacist.

The challenges encountered by the physician according to usefulness

  Mean Std. Deviation
Telemedicine improves my access to healthcare
4.44 .691
services
Patient turn up promptly for the recall check up. 3.65 .705
Telemedicine provides desirable results on
3.48 .863
patients diagnosis
It is convenient for me to communicate with my
patients using different gadgets like cellphone 4.24 .775
and tablet for consultation.
Result: The challenges encountered by the physician
according to usefulness is Usefulness_1
(Telemedicine improves my access to healthcare
service) means the opposite that telemedicine does
not improved their access to healthcare service.
Table 7. Distribution of the Respondents of the Study according to the
challenges encountered by the physician according to usefulness, quality of
connectivity, and collaborative work with the pharmacist.
The challenges encountered by the physician according to quality of connectivity
  Mean Std. Deviation

I clearly see the patient during teleconsultation 3.46 .794

I clearly hear the patient during teleconsultation.  3.74 .650

I can easily gather data from my patients during teleconsultation 3.67 .777

Telemedicine is easily accessible 3.91 .680

Result: The challenges encountered by the physician according
to quality of connectivity is Quality of Connectivity_4
(Telemedicine is easily accessible) means the opposite that
telemedicine is not easily accessible.
Table 8. Distribution of the challenges encountered by the physician
according to usefulness, quality of connectivity, and collaborative work with
the pharmacist.
collaborative work with the pharmacist.
  Mean Std. Deviation
I feel comfortable in communicating with pharmacist in helping
3.89 .538
the patient understand the prescription
I can easily refer my patients to the pharmacist for medication
3.80 .655
related information
Pharmacist assist patients after telemedicine .  3.70 .690
Pharmacist makes our work faster and more efficient 4.04 .751
Result: The challenges encountered by the physician according
to collaborative work with the pharmacist is Collaborative
Work with Pharmacist_1 (They feel comfortable in
communicating with pharmacist in helping the patient
understand the prescription) means the opposite that they
don’t feel comfortable in communicating with pharmacist in
helping the patient understand the prescription.
Table 9. Distribution of the Respondents of the Study according to the
satisfaction of physician in using telemedicine.

Satisfaction of physician in using telemedicine.

  Mean
Telemedicine is similarly efficient to out patient ( or inpatient )
2.46
consultation.

Telemedicine is convenient compared to in person visitation. 2.89

I am able to express myself effectively . 3.28

I will use telemedicine service again. 4.09

Results : The satisfaction of the physician using telemedicine is

they will use telemedicine service again.
INTERPRETATIONS

The perception of
the physicians in
using telemedicine
during covid-19
pandemic.

Telemedicine in
Negros Occidental:
The challenges
encountered by the
The Perception and The challenges
physician according
to collaborative with
Challenges encountered by the
physician according
the pharmacist Encountered by the to usefulness.

Physician

The challenges
encountered by the
physician according
to quality of
connectivity
CONCLUSIONS
Thank you very much!