Telemedicine (TM) has become a popular method of accessing medical services between providers and patients and is viewed as a cost-effective alternative to more traditional episodic face-to-face encounters. TM overcomes 2 barriers that patients face when seeking health care: distance and time. It is as effective as in-person visits for outpatient treatment of asthma, and it is a convenient way to provide inpatient consultations for patients when the allergist practices outside of the hospital. TM also has been used to manage patients with asthma in schools. Patients tend to be as satisfied with TM or they prefer TM over in-person visits, but infrequently they do prefer in-person visits. In addition to virtual visits using TM, there are several emerging technologies that are relevant to the practice of allergy/immunology including electronic diaries (eg, symptoms and medication use), wearable technology (eg, to monitor activity and vital signs), remote patient monitoring (eg, environmental exposures and medication adherence) as well as electronic medical records augmented with clinical decision support. We believe that the use of TM, particularly when combined with information technologies such as electronic health records, has the potential to cause a transformational change in the way care is delivered by altering the process of interaction between patient and provider. TM addresses the shortage of allergy specialists in rural and underserved urban communities and facilitates patient access to allergy services. As patients take more control of their health care, use of TM is likely to increase because a large part of the move to adopt TM is driven by patient preference.

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远程医疗和过敏/免疫学中用于卫生保健的新兴技术。

远程医疗（TM）已成为在提供者和患者之间访问医疗服务的一种流行方法，并且被视为比传统的发作式面对面交流更划算的选择。TM克服了患者在寻求医疗保健时面临的两个障碍：距离和时间。它与门诊哮喘的门诊服务一样有效，并且是过敏症患者在医院外练习时向患者提供住院咨询的便捷方法。TM还被用于管理学校的哮喘患者。患者往往对TM满意，或者他们更喜欢TM而不是亲自拜访，但是他们很少会喜欢亲自拜访。除了使用TM进行虚拟访问外，有几种与过敏/免疫学实践相关的新兴技术，包括电子日记（例如，症状和药物使用），可穿戴技术（例如，用于监测活动和生命体征），远程患者监测（例如，环境暴露和药物治疗）依从性）以及具有临床决策支持的电子病历。我们相信，TM的使用，特别是与诸如电子健康记录之类的信息技术结合使用时，有可能通过改变患者与提供者之间的互动过程而在提供护理的方式上发生变革。TM解决了农村和服务欠佳的城市社区中过敏专家的短缺问题，并为患者提供了获得过敏服务的便利。随着患者对医疗保健的控制越来越多，