Pitfalls in telemedicine consultations in the era of COVID 19 and how to avoid them.
Diabetes Metab Syndr
; 14(5): 797-799, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-595346
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
With restrictions on face to face clinical consultations in the COVID-19 pandemic, Telemedicine has become an essential tool in providing continuity of care to patients. We explore the common pitfalls in remote consultations and strategies that can be adopted to avoid them.METHODS:
We have done a comprehensive review of the literature using suitable keywords on the search engines of PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Research Gate in the first week of May 2020 including 'COVID-19', 'telemedicine' and 'remote consultations'.RESULTS:
Telemedicine has become an integral part to support patient's clinical care in the current COVID-19 pandemic now and will be in the future for both primary and secondary care. Common pitfalls can be identified and steps can be taken to prevent them.CONCLUSION:
Telemedicine it is going to play a key role in future of health medicine, however, telemedicine technology should be applied in appropriate settings and situations. Suitable training, enhanced documentations, communication and observing information governance guidelines will go a long way in avoiding pitfalls associated with remote consultations.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Referral and Consultation
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Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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Telemedicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Health Services Needs and Demand
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Diabetes Metab Syndr
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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