<scp>COVID</scp>‐19 and telemedicine: A revolution in healthcare delivery is at hand

Perrin, Paul B.; Pierce, Bradford S.; Elliott, Timothy R.

doi:10.1002/hsr2.166

Cited by 58 publications

(56 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Moreover, the state pharmacy boards have temporarily permitted pharmacists to remotely work and carryout dispensing activities outside a licensed pharmacy [5]. Furthermore, on March 6th, 2020, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mentioned that it would temporarily pay physicians to provide telemedicine services for beneficiaries across US [9,14,[17][18][19][20]. CMS now allow medical-care providers to utilize devices such as smartphones and electronic devices to treat patients [15,16,[21][22][23].…”

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…CMS now allow medical-care providers to utilize devices such as smartphones and electronic devices to treat patients [15,16,[21][22][23]. Additionally, on March 17th, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights mentioned that during the COVID-19 health emergency, medical practitioners may telemedicine solutions [20], such as MyChart to support patient care [14,15,24]. Likewise, the White House Coronavirus Task Force have advised medicalcenters to expand their adoption of telemedicine for patient assessment [25].…”

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides, state licensing boards are temporarily removing barriers to inter-jurisdictional telemedicine practice for medical practitioners [25]. Similarly, the American Medical Association has expressed a number of recommendations for ethical practice of telemedicine with which medical practitioners should be familiar before they use telemedicine for treatment [14].…”

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Use of Telemedicine and Virtual Care for Remote Treatment in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant strain on medical centers resources. Thus, concerns about the reducing and management of COVID-19 are on the rise, as there is need to provide diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and follow-ups during the pandemic. Therefore, the COVID-19 pandemic has radically and quickly altered how medical practitioners provide care to patients. Medical centers are now responding to COVID-19 through rapid adoption of digital tools and technologies such as telemedicine and virtual care which refer to the delivery of healthcare services digital or at a distance using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for treatment of patients. Telemedicine is expected to deliver timely care while minimizing exposure to protect medical practitioners and patients. Accordingly, a rapid literature review was conducted, and 35 research studies published from 2019 to May 2020 were employed to provide theoretical and practical evidence on the significance of using telemedicine and virtual care for remote treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article provides practical guide based on how to use telemedicine and virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study provides implication on the potentials of consolidating virtual care solutions in the near future towards contributing to integrate digital technologies into healthcare.

show abstract

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legislations That Support Deployment Of Telemedicine During mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Use of Telemedicine and Virtual Care for Remote Treatment in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The webinar series confirmed how clinician-patient communication moved quickly to telemedicine during March and April 2020 [37] . But it has been haphazard, unregulated and opportunistic.…”

Section: The Healthcare Ecosystem/glocal Approachmentioning

confidence: 82%

Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19

Salvador‐Carulla

Rosenberg

Mendoza

et al. 2020

Health Policy and Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Highlights COVID-19 has become the epitome of complex health problems where evidence-based medicine should be completed with other scientific approaches to facilitate informed planning. Rapid response prioritisation should incorporate systems thinking and healthcare ecosystem approaches as well as new methods to collect expert knowledge using new technologies. Digital conferencing has proven feasible and usable to get a quick and transparent appraisal of the evolution of the active period of COVID-19 worldwide. The current international typology for staging pandemics could be adapted to three phases: preparatory, active (including initiation, acceleration and deceleration) and recovery. This facilitates international comparisons in complex areas such as mental health. The severity of the outbreak, the containment measures and the societal response varied greatly across sites and countries. Using a “glocal” approach for understanding this variation is vital to assess the impact of COVID-19 in health care.

show abstract

“…Recognizing the urgent need to maintain care while supporting physical distancing measures, government agencies and other stakeholders have enabled the use of virtual care, and in some cases health care payors have implemented reimbursement policies to facilitate the provider uptake of virtual care services [6]. Some jurisdictions have also permitted the use of nonencrypted technologies, such as FaceTime, Google Hangouts, and Skype, for patient care by waiving penalties for noncompliance with pre-existing privacy and security regulations (ie, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the United States) [7]. This has resulted in the rapid implementation of virtual care [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Health Equity in Virtual Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Reviews

Fujioka¹,

Thomas-Jacques²,

Vera³

et al. 2020

JMIR Res Protoc

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The rapid virtualization of health services during the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn increasing attention to the impact of virtual care technologies on health equity. In some circumstances, virtual care initiatives have been shown to increase health disparities, as individuals from underserved communities are less likely to benefit from such initiatives. Objective The purpose of this paper is to describe a protocol for a scoping review of reviews that aims to map review-level evidence that describes challenges and strategies for promoting effective engagement with virtual care technologies among underserved communities. Methods Our methodology was adapted from seminal scoping review guidelines provided by Arksey and O’Malley, Levac at al, Colquhoun et al, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. Our search strategy was developed for the following databases: MEDLINE (on Ovid), EMBASE (on Ovid), CINAHL (on EBSCO), Scopus, and Epistemonikos. Supplementary searches will include the use of Google Scholar and reference tracking. Each citation will be independently screened by 2 researchers at the title and abstract level, and full-text screening will be performed in accordance with our eligibility criteria. The eligibility criteria focused on the inclusion of methods-driven reviews (ie, systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, realist reviews, and critical interpretative syntheses) to enhance rigor and quality. Other inclusion criteria included a focus on virtual care services that facilitate bidirectional patient-provider communication (ie, video, telephone, and asynchronous messaging visits) for underserved populations (ie, those who experience social disadvantage due to race, age, income, and other factors related to the social determinants of health). Results This scoping review of reviews will provide a broad overview of identified challenges associated with the accessibility of virtual health care services among underserved communities. In addition, strategies for improving the access to, uptake of, and engagement with virtual care technologies among underserved communities will be identified. The knowledge synthesized from this review will aid in developing and implementing virtual services that acknowledge the unique needs of populations who experience barriers to care and disproportionately worse health outcomes. The results will also inform gaps in current research. Conclusions The rapid shift toward virtual health services has highlighted the urgent need to critically examine the intersection of virtual care and health equity. Although technology-driven innovations in health care generally aim to improve access, quality, and health outcomes, it is also possible for these innovations to produce intervention-generated inequities. Assessing current review-level evidence on the key challenges and strategies for improving the application of virtual care in underserved communities is imperative for ensuring that virtual care benefits all populations. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/22847

show abstract

COVID‐19 and telemedicine: A revolution in healthcare delivery is at hand

Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic grows internationally, healthcare systems are dramatically altering healthcare delivery, shifting as many services as quickly as possible to telemedicine. Telemedicine has been

Cited by 58 publications

References 2 publications

Use of Telemedicine and Virtual Care for Remote Treatment in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Use of Telemedicine and Virtual Care for Remote Treatment in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Rapid response to crisis: Health system lessons from the active period of COVID-19

Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Health Equity in Virtual Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Reviews

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About