Telemedicine for chronic pain management during COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian J Anaesth
; 64(6): 456-462, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-609480
ABSTRACT
Treatment of chronic pain is an essential service. Due to lockdown, travel restrictions, social and physical distancing requirements or fear that health care facilities may be infected; patients may avoid visiting health care facilities in person. It is also imperative to decrease the risk of exposure of the health care workers (HCWs) to severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS CoV2) and to ease the overtly burdened health care system. But any disruption in pain practice will have alarming consequences for individuals, society, and whole of health care system and providers. In the current scenario of COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine is emerging as a key technology for efficient communication and sustainable solution to provide essential health care services and should be considered for chronic pain patients (CPPs). Recently, Board of Governors in supersession of Medical Council of India along with National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) released "Telemedicine Practice Guidelines" enabling registered medical practitioners to provide healthcare using telemedicine. This article describes the challenges in CPPs during COVID-19 pandemic and the use of telemedicine as the rescue management vehicle for CPPs in current scenario.
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Anaesth
Year:
2020
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Article
Affiliation country:
Ija.IJA_652_20
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