TCT-393 Latin America Telemedicine Infarct Network (LATIN) - Telemedicine + STEMI Systems of Care to Hugely Expand Access to AMI Care in Emerging Countries

Mehta, Sameer; Botelho, Roberto; Fernández, Francisco; Perin, Marco Antônio; Dusilek, Cesar; Cardoso, Rodolfo; Alva, Juan Carlos Perez; Alcocer-Gamba, Marco A; Rodriguez, Daniel; Yepes, Isaac; Torres, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.490

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“…Notably, Chile has the highest telemedicine uptake in the region and has successfully transitioned from international funding to government funding (52). Innovative inter-country programs for myocardial infarction treatment have been set up, which facilitates linkages between patients in Columbia, Mexico, and Brazil through a centralized network (53). The Enlace Hispano-Americano de Salud (EHAS) Foundation also seeks to provide healthcare to rural Latin American communities through technology (54).…”

Section: Focus On Latin Americamentioning

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Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Bhaskar

Bradley

Chattu

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine globally. The current consortium critically examines the telemedicine frameworks, identifies gaps in its implementation and investigates the changes in telemedicine framework/s during COVID-19 across the globe. Streamlining of global public health preparedness framework that is interoperable and allow for collaboration and sharing of resources, in which telemedicine is an integral part of the public health response during outbreaks such as COVID-19, should be pursued. With adequate reinforcement, telemedicine has the potential to act as the "safety-net" of our public health response to an outbreak. Our focus on telemedicine must shift to the developing and under-developing nations, which carry a disproportionate burden of vulnerable communities who are at risk due to COVID-19.

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Section: Focus On Latin Americamentioning

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Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Bhaskar

Bradley

Chattu

et al. 2020

Front. Public Health

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198

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“…There is a large number of studies showing a correlation between well-being and the development of telemedicine services (23) (24). The social-distancing measures imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, together with a lack of specialists and, on occasions, the sheer size of a country are factors that have driven the implementation of a variety of new telemedicine services in health systems to improve the health situation of populations (25)(26)(27)(28)(29). The potential of telemedicine services to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely acknowledged (30), so much so that telehealth has been described as a "virtually perfect solution" to COVID-19 (29)(31).…”

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Promoting telemedicine in Latin America in light of COVID-19

Saigí-Rubió

2023

Revista Panamericana De Salud Pública

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The Faculty of Health Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) was officially designated a ‘World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in eHealth’ on 5 April 2018. The Centre aims to provide support to countries willing to develop new telemedicine services; to promote the use of eHealth; and to study the adoption and use of mobile health in countries of both the Region of the Americas and Europe. On 11 March 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic given the significant increase in the number of cases worldwide. Since then, the Centre has played an important role in addressing COVID-19 by undertaking fruitful cooperative activities. Lockdowns and social distancing in response to the high contagion rate of COVID-19 were the main triggers for a challenging digital transformation in many sectors, especially in healthcare. In this extreme crisis scenario, the rapid adoption of digital health solutions and technological tools was key to responding to the enormous pressure on healthcare systems. Telemedicine has become a necessary component of clinical practice for the purpose of providing safer patient care, and it has been used to support the healthcare needs of COVID-19 patients and routine primary care patients alike. This article describes the Centre’s contribution to the work of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and WHO in supporting Latin American and European countries to develop new telemedicine services and guidance on how to address COVID-19 through digital health solutions. Future actions are also highlighted.

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“…Workers involved in essential services have typically continued to do their jobs in-person, but for many, including those in education, their jobs have moved to a virtual platform. In the practice setting, telehealth, described as initially receiving a "cautious welcome" in the late 1990s, gained ground as a promising intervention for remote and under-serviced areas (Mehta et al, 2017;Wootton, 1996). In the past decade, telehealth approaches have expanded, demonstrating efficacy in chronic disease management, mental health services, care of the elderly, and other specialized services like perioperative anesthetic care (Fortney et al, 2015;Kamdar & Jalilian, 2020;Van den Berg et al, 2012;Wootton, 2012).…”

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The COVID-19 crisis silver lining: interprofessional education to guide future innovation

Langlois

Xyrichis

Daulton

et al. 2020

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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Globally, the advent and rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus has created significant disruption to health professions education and practice, and consequently interprofessional education, leading to a model of learning and practicing where much is unknown. Key questions for this ongoing evolution emerge for the global context leading to reflections on future directions for the interprofessional education field and its role in shaping future practice models. Health professions programs around the world have made a dramatic shift to virtual learning platforms in response to closures of academic institutions and restrictions imposed on learners accessing practice settings. Telemedicine, slow to become established in many countries to date, has also revolutionized practice in the current environment. Within the state of disruption and rapid change is the awareness of a silver lining that provides an opportunity for future growth. Key topics explored in this commentary include reflection on the application of existing competency frameworks, consideration of typology of team structures, reconsideration of theoretical underpinnings, revisiting of core dimensions of education, adaptation of interprofessional education activities, and the role in the future pandemic planning. As an international community of educators and researchers, the authors consider current observations relevant to interprofessional education and practice contexts and suggest a response from scholarship voices across the globe. The current pandemic offers a unique opportunity for educators, practitioners, and researchers to retain what has served interprofessional education and practice well in the past, break from what has not worked as well, and begin to imagine the new.

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TCT-393 Latin America Telemedicine Infarct Network (LATIN) - Telemedicine + STEMI Systems of Care to Hugely Expand Access to AMI Care in Emerging Countries

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Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Promoting telemedicine in Latin America in light of COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis silver lining: interprofessional education to guide future innovation

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