The renovation included adding four private patient recovery suites, four new surgical suites and a telemedicine video conference center for patients and their families.
Other obstacles to the implementation of telemedicine include unclear legal regulation for some telemedical practices and difficulty claiming reimbursement from insurers or government programs in some fields.
Information and communications technologies have created the possibility for many such adaptations, including mobile banking (m-banking), smart cards (for instance, to buy water) and telemedicine.
