Telemedicine and Telehealth in Urology—What Do the ‘Patients' Think About It?

Frontiers in Surgery

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Nithesh Naik¹  B. M. Zeeshan Hameed²  Sanjana Ganesh Nayak⁴  Anshita Gera⁴  Shreyas Raghavan Nandyal⁵  Dasharathraj K. Shetty⁶  Milap Shah²  Sufyan Ibrahim²  Aniket Naik⁸  Nagaraj Kamath⁸  Delaram Mahdaviamiri⁹  Kenisha Kevin D'costa^1,10  Bhavan Prasad Rai²  Piotr Chlosta^1,12  Bhaskar K. Somani² 

[1] Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology;iTRUE ,(International Training and Research in Uro-oncology and Endourology) Group;Department of Urology, Father Muller Medical College;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology;Gandhi Medical College, Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences;Department of Humanities and Management, Manipal Institute of Technology;Robotics and Urooncology, Max Hospital and Max Institute of Cancer Care;Kasturba Medical College;Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences;Department of Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology;Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital;Department of Urology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow;Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

关键词: telemedicine;    telehealth;    urology;    patients perspective;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2022.863576

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare to patients who are not in the same location as the physician. The practice of telemedicine has a large number of advantages, including cost savings, low chances of nosocomial infection, and fewer hospital visits. Teleclinics have been reported to be successful in the post-surgery and post-cancer therapy follow-up, and in offering consulting services for urolithiasis patients. This review focuses on identifying the outcomes of the recent studies related to the usage of video consulting in urology centers for hematuria referrals and follow-up appointments for a variety of illnesses, including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), kidney stone disease (KSD), and urinary tract infections (UTIs) and found that they are highly acceptable and satisfied. Certain medical disorders can cause embarrassment, social exclusion, and also poor self-esteem, all of which can negatively impair health-related quality-of-life. Telemedicine has proven beneficial in such patients and is a reliable, cost-effective patient-care tool, and it has been successfully implemented in various healthcare settings and specialties.

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