RESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To measure by consensus the level of innovation and its potential within the physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) medical specialists. METHOD: Three consecutive techniques are applied using digital tools for consensus among professionals, first synchronously to a group of 17 professionals; posteriorly extended to a group of 169 professionals who participate asynchronously and the third technique is done synchronously with 25 physiatrists. RESULTS: The analysis of the consensus done by the PM&R physicians on the innovation potential of the group during October and November 2020 shows: starting situation, strengths and weaknesses, as well as their innovation priorities. CONCLUSIONS: PM&R physicians believe that innovation could improve the cost-effectiveness of their departments, and could increase their clinical efficiency, also that to innovate they need a close relationship with the industry.
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Fisiatras , Medicina Física e Reabilitação , Humanos , ConsensoRESUMO
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a challenge to the management of non-COVID pathologies such as lymphatic diseases and lipoedema. The use of telemedicine can prevent the spread of the disease. A system is needed to help determine the clinical priority and selection of face-to-face or telemedicine options for each patient and how to carry them out during the pandemic. The Spanish Lymphology Group has drafted a consensus document with recommendations based on the literature and clinical experience, as clinical practice guidelines for the management of lymphatic abnormalities and lipoedema during the COVID-19 pandemic. These recommendations must be adapted to the characteristics of each patient, the local conditions of the centres, and the decisions of health care professionals. The document contains minimum criteria, subject to modifications according to the evolution of the pandemic, scientific knowledge and instructions from health authorities.
