Remote Digital Preoperative Assessments for Cleft Lip and Palate May Improve Clinical and Economic Impact in Global Plastic Surgery

Hughes, Christopher D.; Campbell, Jacob; Mukhopadhyay, Swagoto; McCormack, Susan; Silverman, Richard; Lalikos, Janice F.; Babigian, Alan; Castiglione, Charles L.

doi:10.1597/15-305

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“…The objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions of each of the 8 articles are outlined in Table 1. Five articles were about postoperative care of CLP patients (Gibbon et al, 1998;Whitehead et al, 2012;Costa et al, 2015;Ramkumar et al, 2018;Ravi et al, 2020), 2 articles on education (Nagengast et al, 2014;Correa Cde et al, 2015), and 2 articles on the role of telemedicine in the preoperative care of CLP patients (Costa et al, 2015;Hughes et al, 2017). One cohort study, 4 case series/reports, and 3 case-control studies were included.…”

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“…All 8 articles saw a benefit in telemedicine to some aspect of care during CLP surgery procedures. Three articles reported that telemedicine was cost saving (Costa et al, 2015;Hughes et al, 2017;Ravi et al, 2020) and 3 articles showed a decrease in response time for procedures and perioperative visits with the use of telemedicine (Costa et al, 2015;Hughes et al, 2017;Ramkumar et al, 2018). One study showed a decrease in the amount of unnecessary in person follow-up visits that can be done remotely (Costa et al, 2015).…”

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Telemedicine in International Cleft Care: A Systematic Review

Bedi

Chung

Morrison

et al. 2021

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

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Background: Cleft lip and cleft palate (CLP) are among the world’s most common congenital malformation and has a higher prevalence in developing nations due to environmental and genetic factors. Global efforts have been developed in order to prevent and treat the malformation. Telemedicine has been implemented in various humanitarian global missions with success and is currently the primary means of care due to COVID-19. Objective: To assess the benefits and barriers of telehealth in the care of patients with CLP through a global approach. Methods: Systematic review of the PubMed and Cochrane Review databases with relevant terms related to telemedicine in cleft lip and palate surgery. Results: Eight articles fit the inclusion criteria and suggested benefits with the use of telemedicine in regard to education, preoperative, and postoperative care as well as increased access to underserved populations. Barriers included connectivity and accessibility concerns. Conclusion: Telehealth is a beneficial way to evaluate patients with CLP in developing countries with proper care and follow-up to reduce complications and to improve health outcomes.

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Telemedicine in International Cleft Care: A Systematic Review

Bedi

Chung

Morrison

et al. 2021

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is global and has impacted many nations. This is even truer in LMIC, where the primary care for patients with clefts is primarily provided by overseas missionary teams of healthcare professionals [34,35].…”

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“…For LMIC, telemedicine can be a valuable tool for providing MDT care during the pandemic [34,35] because it can overcome the international travel restrictions that are currently in place. In addition, telemedicine can be used to provide continuing health education to healthcare workers in LMIC [39].…”

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Telemedicine as an Alternative Way to Provide Multidisciplinary Cleft Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shahrul¹,

Rahman²

2021

TODENTJ

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The current coronavirus pandemic is changing the way healthcare professionals provide services to patients. Healthcare professionals are required to provide quality care while reducing the risk of viral transmission. This pandemic has disrupted the timely multidisciplinary team care for patients with clefts across the globe. Thus, telemedicine has been recognized and accepted by various medical and dental specialists as a viable alternative to face-to-face consultation. In addition, telemedicine incorporating a digital workflow in cleft management will further reduce the risk of viral transmission and enhance the quality of treatment being provided to these patients.

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“…Mobile health (mHealth) solutions are increasingly being used in SSA and can offer unique healthcare solutions where specialist doctors are scarce or maldistributed. 14,15 WhatsApp is an encrypted smartphone application with 1.5 billion users in 180 countries and is ubiquitous in SSA. 16,17 Increasingly, it has been used by healthcare providers for patient management, with high levels of satisfaction.…”

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WhatsApp Mobile Health Platform to Support Fracture Management by Non-Specialists in South Africa

Kauta

Groenewald

Arnolds

et al. 2020

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

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BACKGROUND: Traumatic fractures are common in sub-Saharan Africa, a region with a shortfall of orthopaedic surgeons, and can result in morbidity if not appropriately managed. WhatsApp is an encrypted smartphone application and ubiquitous in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study was to assess the use of WhatsApp as a mobile health platform to support fracture management by non-orthopaedic doctors in Cape Town, South Africa. STUDY DESIGN: A WhatsApp orthopaedic referral group was created between non-orthopaedic doctors from community health clinics and the orthopaedic team from a first-level hospital to manage traumatic fractures. Non-orthopaedic doctors posted cases on the orthopaedic referral group and the orthopaedic team provided advice. Traumatic fracture data from January 1 to June 30, 2018 were analyzed and outcomes included response time, management advice, and treatment by facility level.

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Remote Digital Preoperative Assessments for Cleft Lip and Palate May Improve Clinical and Economic Impact in Global Plastic Surgery

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Telemedicine in International Cleft Care: A Systematic Review

Telemedicine in International Cleft Care: A Systematic Review

Telemedicine as an Alternative Way to Provide Multidisciplinary Cleft Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

WhatsApp Mobile Health Platform to Support Fracture Management by Non-Specialists in South Africa

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