Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic

Sayed E. Wahezi; Lynn R. Kohan; Boris Spektor; Scott Brancolini; Trent Emerick; Jean M. Fronterhouse; Markus M. Luedi; Marc A. Colon; Paul M. Kitei; Magdalena Anitescu; Nicholas E. Goeders; Shilpavedi Patil; Harish Siddaiah; Elyse M. Cornett; Richard D. Urman; Alan D. Kaye

doi:10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.005

Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic

Sayed E. Wahezi, Lynn R. Kohan, Boris Spektor, Scott Brancolini, Trent Emerick, Jean M. Fronterhouse, Markus M. Luedi, Marc A. Colon, Paul M. Kitei, Magdalena Anitescu, Nicholas E. Goeders, Shilpavedi Patil, Harish Siddaiah, Elyse M. Cornett, Richard D. Urman, Alan D. Kaye

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Telemedicine is the medical practice of caring for and treating patients remotely. With the spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine has become increasingly prevalent. Although telemedicine was already in practice before the 2020 pandemic, the internet, smartphones, computers, and video-conferencing tools have made telemedicine easily accessible and available to almost everyone. However, there are also new challenges that health care providers may not be prepared for, including treating and diagnosing patients without physical contact. Physician adoption also depends upon reimbursement and education to improve the telemedicine visits. We review current trends involving telemedicine, how pandemics such as COVID-19 affect the remote treatment of patients, and key concepts important to healthcare providers who practice telemedicine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	307-319
Number of pages	13
Journal	Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.005
State	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

COVID
ambulatory pain centers
coronavirus
telehealth
telemedicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Wahezi, S. E., Kohan, L. R., Spektor, B., Brancolini, S., Emerick, T., Fronterhouse, J. M., Luedi, M. M., Colon, M. A., Kitei, P. M., Anitescu, M., Goeders, N. E., Patil, S., Siddaiah, H., Cornett, E. M., Urman, R. D., & Kaye, A. D. (2021). Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology, 35(3), 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.005

Wahezi, SE, Kohan, LR, Spektor, B, Brancolini, S, Emerick, T, Fronterhouse, JM, Luedi, MM, Colon, MA, Kitei, PM, Anitescu, M, Goeders, NE, Patil, S, Siddaiah, H, Cornett, EM, Urman, RD & Kaye, AD 2021, 'Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.005

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