Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Development of Telemedicine in Hungary and Its Relationship with Force Development Programs

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly increased the number of publications on telemedicine. Government  efforts have intensified to improve the quality of regulation, while health care actors have started to use the available  technical options with greater intensity and a wider range  than before. As a result of the wide scale restrictions, there  is an increased demand for online consultations detected  from physicians and from the general public side. In our  article, we analyse in which areas have the currently known  digital platforms and telemedicine systems been used,  which factors have triggered development, and how these  systems can serve the needs of military health care during  the coronavirus pandemic. In the article we are trying to  find the interface between telemedicine, eHealth and  mHealth systems with the Digital Soldier Program, which is  one of the main part of the Defence and Force  development Program of the Hungarian Defence Forces.