Telehealth for a better service delivery in orthopaedic surgery
Tarani S. P. Grandhi,
Andreas Fontalis,
Rhody D. Raj
et al.
Abstract:Telehealth has the potential to change the way we approach patient care. From virtual consenting to reducing carbon emissions, costs, and waiting times, it is a powerful tool in our clinical armamentarium. There is mounting evidence that remote diagnostic evaluation and decision-making have reached an acceptable level of accuracy and can safely be adopted in orthopaedic surgery. Furthermore, patients’ and surgeons’ satisfaction with virtual appointments are comparable to in-person consultations. Challenges to … Show more
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