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Assessment of the Efficacy of Telephone Medicine Consultations in Trauma and Orthopaedics During COVID-19 Using the Ashford Clinic Letter Score.
Raad, Marjan; Ndlovu, Sebastian; Neen, Daniel.
  • Raad M; Trauma & Orthopaedics, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, GBR.
  • Ndlovu S; Trauma & Orthopaedics, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, GBR.
  • Neen D; Trauma & Orthopaedics, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, GBR.
Cureus ; 13(3): e13871, 2021 Mar 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1168107
ABSTRACT
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, our aim was to protect staff and patients, therefore, face-to-face clinics were converted to telephone clinics. We retrospectively compared two groups of patients those seen in traditional clinics pre-COVID-19 and those who had telephone clinics during the pandemic. The mean Ashford Clinic Letter Score (ACLS) for the face-to-face clinic letters was 6.7, and the letters from both groups of telemedicine appointments scored better; the first group scoring 7.1 and the second 7.45. The pandemic allowed us to show that telephone clinics are effective and can be superior to traditional clinics in a specific set of patients.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Cureus Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Cureus Year: 2021 Document Type: Article