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Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for the widespread use of virtual care for childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). CCSs were virtual recipients of diverse care, including long-term follow-up (LTFU), primary care, mental health care, and several others. Virtual care comes with well-documented benefits...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10529011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090588 |
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author | Phelan, Rachel Aremu, Taiwo Opeyemi Karst, Jeffrey Anderson, Lynnette Jordan, Anna Morin, Jocelyn Nichols, Julie Singh, Ashima Schmidt, Debra Hoag, Jennifer A. Napurski, Char Zweber, Haley Sadak, Karim Thomas |
author_facet | Phelan, Rachel Aremu, Taiwo Opeyemi Karst, Jeffrey Anderson, Lynnette Jordan, Anna Morin, Jocelyn Nichols, Julie Singh, Ashima Schmidt, Debra Hoag, Jennifer A. Napurski, Char Zweber, Haley Sadak, Karim Thomas |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for the widespread use of virtual care for childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). CCSs were virtual recipients of diverse care, including long-term follow-up (LTFU), primary care, mental health care, and several others. Virtual care comes with well-documented benefits and challenges. These are further magnified for CCSs living in rural or non-metropolitan areas. Here, we describe the virtual care of CCSs from two Upper Midwest cities with well-established childhood cancer survivor programs within large comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. CCSs from non-metropolitan areas, especially CCSs with two or more late effects, used virtual care more often during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to CCSs from metropolitan areas. A review of the related literature is also included and the identified challenges in providing virtual care, such as privacy concerns, technology-connectivity constraints, and medical license restrictions. Despite these limitations, the care of CCSs has evolved to leverage virtual care and its ability to increase access for patients and promote continuity of care for CCSs living in rural areas. |
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spelling | pubmed-105290112023-09-28 Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic Phelan, Rachel Aremu, Taiwo Opeyemi Karst, Jeffrey Anderson, Lynnette Jordan, Anna Morin, Jocelyn Nichols, Julie Singh, Ashima Schmidt, Debra Hoag, Jennifer A. Napurski, Char Zweber, Haley Sadak, Karim Thomas Curr Oncol Opinion The COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for the widespread use of virtual care for childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). CCSs were virtual recipients of diverse care, including long-term follow-up (LTFU), primary care, mental health care, and several others. Virtual care comes with well-documented benefits and challenges. These are further magnified for CCSs living in rural or non-metropolitan areas. Here, we describe the virtual care of CCSs from two Upper Midwest cities with well-established childhood cancer survivor programs within large comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. CCSs from non-metropolitan areas, especially CCSs with two or more late effects, used virtual care more often during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to CCSs from metropolitan areas. A review of the related literature is also included and the identified challenges in providing virtual care, such as privacy concerns, technology-connectivity constraints, and medical license restrictions. Despite these limitations, the care of CCSs has evolved to leverage virtual care and its ability to increase access for patients and promote continuity of care for CCSs living in rural areas. MDPI 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10529011/ /pubmed/37754503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090588 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Phelan, Rachel Aremu, Taiwo Opeyemi Karst, Jeffrey Anderson, Lynnette Jordan, Anna Morin, Jocelyn Nichols, Julie Singh, Ashima Schmidt, Debra Hoag, Jennifer A. Napurski, Char Zweber, Haley Sadak, Karim Thomas Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Perspectives on Virtual Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Non-Metropolitan Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | perspectives on virtual care for childhood cancer survivors in non-metropolitan areas during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10529011/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754503 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090588 |
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