Telemedicine intervention for patients with insomnia can improve the quality of sleep, enhance the patients' awareness of the disease, reduce the economic burden, shorten the medical treatment time, and provide faster and more efficient treatment. This article introduces the related content of telemedicine, analyzes the application forms and existing problems of telemedicine in the field of insomnia, and reviews the progress of telemedicine for insomnia.

Ji Shujing, Yang Haixia, Gao Xueni, Zhang Jia. Research progress on the application of telemedicine in patients with insomnia. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 6: 25-30. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2024.050604.

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