Teleconsultations at a Pediatrics Outpatient Service in COVID-19 Pandemic: First Results.
Telemed J E Health
; 27(11): 1311-1316, 2021 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1087651
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Describe our experiences using teleconsultation approach to care for pediatric subspecialty follow-up patients during pandemic period.Methods:
Synchronous teleconsultation solution was developed and implemented as a multiplatform/multimodality service, capable or running on desktop browsers and smartphones, and capable to handle chat, audio, and video. Term of consent was applied. Absolute number and percentage of patients assisted, as well as the form of consultation and the mean of attendance per patient were presented.Results:
A telemedicine service was started using tools provided by The Santa Catarina State Integrated Telemedicine and Telehealth System offering real-time chat, through an online-based teleconsultation service. We assisted 75 patients in 109 consultations in 3 months, of which 69.7% were performed by chat. Mean of consultations per patient was 1.45.Conclusion:
To our knowledge this is the first service in offering this modality of medicine for Brazilian public health care system. Patients and health care personnel reported satisfaction.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pediatrics
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Telemedicine
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Remote Consultation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Telemed J E Health
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
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Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Tmj.2020.0471
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