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Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review

In rural areas, the medical resources are extremely limited not only pandemic but non-pandemic period. Tele-healthcare system using digital technology-based telemedicine is widely used across various medical specialties. To solve limitation of medical resources in hospital located in remote isolated...

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Autores principales: Sakamoto, Takamitsu, Fujita, Yasuhiko, Amagai, Teruyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10174154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181161
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP-2022-5-28
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description In rural areas, the medical resources are extremely limited not only pandemic but non-pandemic period. Tele-healthcare system using digital technology-based telemedicine is widely used across various medical specialties. To solve limitation of medical resources in hospital located in remote isolated areas, telehealthcare system using smart application has been applied to access expert opinions in pre-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) era since 2017. The COVID-19 has spread also in this island during COVID-19 period. We have experienced three consecutive neuroemergency patients. Their ages and final diagnoses were: 98 years with subdural hematoma (case 1), 76 years with post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (case 2), and 65 years with cerebral infarction (case 3), respectively. The tele-counseling could save two of three transportations to tertiary hospital and also save 6,000 US dollars per case for transportation by helicopter. From these three cases counseled through smart app which has been started to use 2 years before COVID-19 emerged in 2020, what this case series would report are the following two viewpoints: (1) medicoeconomic benefits exist in tele-healthcare system in COVID-19 era and (2) developing telehealthcare systems must be prepared that is available even when the electricity system has been shut down, for instance solar system that could. This system must be developed when non-disaster period for disaster days of natural disasters and human-related disasters including wars and terrorisms.
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spelling pubmed-101741542023-05-12 Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review Sakamoto, Takamitsu Fujita, Yasuhiko Amagai, Teruyoshi J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Series In rural areas, the medical resources are extremely limited not only pandemic but non-pandemic period. Tele-healthcare system using digital technology-based telemedicine is widely used across various medical specialties. To solve limitation of medical resources in hospital located in remote isolated areas, telehealthcare system using smart application has been applied to access expert opinions in pre-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) era since 2017. The COVID-19 has spread also in this island during COVID-19 period. We have experienced three consecutive neuroemergency patients. Their ages and final diagnoses were: 98 years with subdural hematoma (case 1), 76 years with post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (case 2), and 65 years with cerebral infarction (case 3), respectively. The tele-counseling could save two of three transportations to tertiary hospital and also save 6,000 US dollars per case for transportation by helicopter. From these three cases counseled through smart app which has been started to use 2 years before COVID-19 emerged in 2020, what this case series would report are the following two viewpoints: (1) medicoeconomic benefits exist in tele-healthcare system in COVID-19 era and (2) developing telehealthcare systems must be prepared that is available even when the electricity system has been shut down, for instance solar system that could. This system must be developed when non-disaster period for disaster days of natural disasters and human-related disasters including wars and terrorisms. Scientific Scholar 2023-05-03 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10174154/ /pubmed/37181161 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP-2022-5-28 Text en © 2023 Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title_full Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title_fullStr Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title_short Task appeared in COVID-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – A case reports and literature review
title_sort task appeared in covid-19 pandemic when tele-healthcare saved neurosurgical lives in rural area – a case reports and literature review
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10174154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181161
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JNRP-2022-5-28
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