Telemedicine as the New Outpatient Clinic Gone Digital: Position Paper From the Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 2)

Frontiers in Public Health

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Sonu Bhaskar¹  Starr Schroeder¹  Maciej Banach¹  Daniel Ray¹  Sian Bradley^1,10  Vijay Kumar Chattu^1,11  Anil Adisesh^1,11  Alma Nurtazina^1,13  Saltanat Kyrykbayeva^1,13  Sateesh Sakhamuri^1,14  Sebastian Moguilner^1,15  Shawna Pandya^1,16 

[1] Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium;Department of Neurology, Liverpool Hospital and South Western Sydney Local Health District;Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory & NSW Brain Clot Bank, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research;South Western Sydney Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Medicine;Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital and Project PoSSUM, United States;Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI);Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora;Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz;Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London (UCL) & NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine Sydney, South West Sydney Clinical School;Department of Medicine, University of Toronto;St. Michael's Hospital;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Semey Medical University;Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies;Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin;Alberta Health Services and Project PoSSUM, University of Alberta

关键词: coronavirus disease 2019;    COVID-19;    telemedicine;    telerehabilitation;    telepsychiatry;    teleneurology;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.00410

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Technology has acted as a great enabler of patient continuity through remote consultation, ongoing monitoring, and patient education using telephone and videoconferencing in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The devastating impact of COVID-19 is bound to prevail beyond its current reign. The vulnerable sections of our community, including the elderly, those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, those with multiple comorbidities, and immunocompromised patients, endure a relatively higher burden of a pandemic such as COVID-19. The rapid adoption of different technologies across countries, driven by the need to provide continued medical care in the era of social distancing, has catalyzed the penetration of telemedicine. Limiting the exposure of patients, healthcare workers, and systems is critical in controlling the viral spread. Telemedicine offers an opportunity to improve health systems delivery, access, and efficiency. This article critically examines the current telemedicine landscape and challenges in its adoption, toward remote/tele-delivery of care, across various medical specialties. The current consortium provides a roadmap and/or framework, along with recommendations, for telemedicine uptake and implementation in clinical practice during and beyond COVID-19.

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