# Evaluation of AI-Assisted Telemedicine Service Using a Mobile Pet Application
## 1 Introduction
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**Nation** & & **Status** & **Resource** \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{The US} & - & 1 out of 6 outpatient medical cases remotely conducted (as of 2019 after telemedicine implemented in 2014) & \\  & - & More than 80\% of patients wish to obtain a prescription through telemedicine, receiving regular medications & CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) \\  & - & 25\% of outpatients of young adults in their 20 s to 40 s use telemedicine in 2019 & \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{France} & - & Completed a preliminary feasibility review for telemedicine for 3 years after 2016 & \\  & - & Legislated telemedicine from 2019 and began implementing nationwide & \\  & - & Telemedicine is recommended first if a doctor determines that a patient’s condition is not serious & \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Germany} & - & Since 2018, telemedicine is legally allowed for some mild patients & \multirow{2}{*}{RKI (Robert Koch Institute)} \\  & - & Began to legalize the world’s first patient prescription using an application & \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Japan} & - & Expanded the plan to use telemedicine for the first visit with COVID-19 as a trigger & \multirow{2}{*}{JPHA (Japan Society of Public Health)} \\  & - & Strives to establish legislation to continuously expand the scope of telemedicine & \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{China} & - & Started telemedicine in 2014 on the initiative of the government & \\  & - & Currently recorded the fastest growth rate & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & Among Asian countries & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & Operated more than 300 online hospitals & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & In many Latin American countries, telemedicine has been partially allowed and is & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & being implemented since early 2012 to cope & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & with AIDS patients. & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & Since 2017, Chile has been allowing & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & telemedicine for severely ill patients such as & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & cancer and elderly patients & \\ \cline{1-1}  & - & However, legalization or medical system & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & cannot support the demand of private patients & \\ \cline{1-1}  & & and medical staff & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Introduction of telemedicine in major countries. diagnoses and prescriptions. In the case of Korea, although telemedicine legislation was announced twice in 2010 and 2014, it fell through due to opposition from the medical association. The proposed telemedicine plan remained pending at the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee but was finally discarded when the schedule of the National Assembly was ended [6]. Despite having excellent information and communications technology (ITC) and medical staff, the potential competitiveness of telemedicine has not been realized due to policy restrictions. This can be attributed to the relatively high intensity of medical regulations in Korea, which are also closely related to policies aimed at protecting the rights of medical associations [7]. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has determined through several studies that telemedicine is necessary due to an increase in aging and chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Despite this necessity, the issue of the practical expansion difficulty due to policy reasons of various interest groups continues to be raised [8]. Although the interest in telemedicine is increasing due to COVID-19, it is difficult to actually introduce it and discuss the timing in detail because it is directly related to the health of people and involves consultations with various interest groups. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, young people, who have a relatively low need for medical care, and those in the medical blind spot strongly argue that telemedicine is necessary for the public [9]. Therefore, we considered the problem of telemedicine caused by COVID-19 and decided that it was necessary to first study the introduction of telemedicine for companion animals prior to the introduction of telemedicine for humans.