Benefits and Threats of Telemedical Application in Psychiatric Services

Health development is one part of national development. Telemedical is an innovation in engineering and computing application technology healthcare in the era of society 5.0 is needed as a supporting tool. The purpose of this paper is to explain the benefits and threats of using telemedicine in the field of psychiatry in the care system. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method, data collection by literature study, which is a method that explains a phenomenon regarding the benefits and threats of telemedicine in psychiatric services. Telepsychiatry is a health service carried out by mental medicine specialists using information and communication technology to diagnose, treat and estimate the patient’s health condition in accordance with their ability and authority as evidenced by the validity of the Registration Certificate (STR) and Practice Permit (SIP) while maintaining service quality and patient safety. Telepsychiatry is carried out by mental medicine specialists with other doctors, or mental medicine specialists with patients in a Health Service Facility (Fasyankes), or between Fasyankes. As a result of the dialogue, Telepsychiatry has demonstrated significant cost-effectiveness and efficiency as a viable option to conventional psychiatric services, increasing accessibility for patients seeking providers. Innovative advances in the field of mental healthcare technology solutions have the potential to provide substantial benefits to recipients and stakeholders. Threats to telemedicine, including telepsychiatry, include misuse of patients’ personal data by employees or hacking by cybercriminals for purposes that jeopardise the security of patients and the country. Special attention should be paid to the problem of misuse and hacking of patient data in telemedicine by individuals and hackers.