Frontiers in Public Health (Sep 2020)
Telemedicine as the New Outpatient Clinic Gone Digital: Position Paper From the Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 2)
- Sonu Bhaskar,
- Sonu Bhaskar,
- Sonu Bhaskar,
- Sonu Bhaskar,
- Sian Bradley,
- Sian Bradley,
- Vijay Kumar Chattu,
- Vijay Kumar Chattu,
- Vijay Kumar Chattu,
- Anil Adisesh,
- Anil Adisesh,
- Anil Adisesh,
- Alma Nurtazina,
- Alma Nurtazina,
- Saltanat Kyrykbayeva,
- Saltanat Kyrykbayeva,
- Sateesh Sakhamuri,
- Sateesh Sakhamuri,
- Sebastian Moguilner,
- Sebastian Moguilner,
- Shawna Pandya,
- Shawna Pandya,
- Starr Schroeder,
- Starr Schroeder,
- Maciej Banach,
- Maciej Banach,
- Maciej Banach,
- Maciej Banach,
- Daniel Ray,
- Daniel Ray
Affiliations
- Sonu Bhaskar
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sonu Bhaskar
- Department of Neurology, Liverpool Hospital and South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sonu Bhaskar
- Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory & NSW Brain Clot Bank, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sonu Bhaskar
- South Western Sydney Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sian Bradley
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sian Bradley
- The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine Sydney, South West Sydney Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Vijay Kumar Chattu
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Vijay Kumar Chattu
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Vijay Kumar Chattu
- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Anil Adisesh
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Anil Adisesh
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Anil Adisesh
- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Alma Nurtazina
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Alma Nurtazina
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan
- Saltanat Kyrykbayeva
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Saltanat Kyrykbayeva
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan
- Sateesh Sakhamuri
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sateesh Sakhamuri
- Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
- Sebastian Moguilner
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sebastian Moguilner
- 0Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Shawna Pandya
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Shawna Pandya
- 1Alberta Health Services and Project PoSSUM, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Starr Schroeder
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Starr Schroeder
- 2Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital and Project PoSSUM, Lancaster, PA, United States
- Maciej Banach
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Maciej Banach
- 3Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI), Łódz, Poland
- Maciej Banach
- 4Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland
- Maciej Banach
- 5Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Łódz, Poland
- Daniel Ray
- Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Daniel Ray
- 6Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London (UCL) & NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00410
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8
Abstract
Technology has acted as a great enabler of patient continuity through remote consultation, ongoing monitoring, and patient education using telephone and videoconferencing in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. The devastating impact of COVID-19 is bound to prevail beyond its current reign. The vulnerable sections of our community, including the elderly, those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, those with multiple comorbidities, and immunocompromised patients, endure a relatively higher burden of a pandemic such as COVID-19. The rapid adoption of different technologies across countries, driven by the need to provide continued medical care in the era of social distancing, has catalyzed the penetration of telemedicine. Limiting the exposure of patients, healthcare workers, and systems is critical in controlling the viral spread. Telemedicine offers an opportunity to improve health systems delivery, access, and efficiency. This article critically examines the current telemedicine landscape and challenges in its adoption, toward remote/tele-delivery of care, across various medical specialties. The current consortium provides a roadmap and/or framework, along with recommendations, for telemedicine uptake and implementation in clinical practice during and beyond COVID-19.
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