Telehealth in the time of COVID-19.
Emerg Med J
; 37(10): 637-638, 2020 Oct.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-697083
ABSTRACT
Telehealth or using technology for a remote medical encounter has become an efficient solution for safe patient care during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or COVID-19 pandemic. This medium allows patient immediate healthcare access without the need for an in-person visit. We designed a time-sensitive, practical, effective and innovative scale-up of telehealth services as a response to the demand for COVID-19 evaluation and testing. As more patients made appointments through the institution's telehealth programme, we increased the number of clinicians available. JeffConnect, the acute care telehealth programme, was expanded to increase staffing from a standing staff of 37-187 doctors within 72 hours. Telehealth care clinicians primarily trained in emergency medicine, internal medicine and family medicine followed a patient decision pathway to risk stratify patients into three groups home quarantine no testing, home quarantine with outpatient COVID-19 testing and referral for in-person evaluation in the ED, for symptomatic and potentially unstable patients.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Telemedicina
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave
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Pandemias
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Norte
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Emerg Med J
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina de Urgencia
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Emermed-2020-209846
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