COVID-19 and telemedicine: Immediate action required for maintaining healthcare providers well-being

The well-being of the health care workforce is the cornerstone of every well-functioning health system. As a result of the pandemic, medical healthcare providers are under an enormous amount of workload pressure along with increased total health expenditures. The overwhelming burden of COVID-19 illn...

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Autores principales: Moazzami, Bobak, Razavi-Khorasani, Niloofar, Dooghaie Moghadam, Arash, Farokhi, Ermia, Rezaei, Nima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7129277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32278298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104345
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Sumario:The well-being of the health care workforce is the cornerstone of every well-functioning health system. As a result of the pandemic, medical healthcare providers are under an enormous amount of workload pressure along with increased total health expenditures. The overwhelming burden of COVID-19 illness could lead to caregiver burnout. Direct-to-consumer telemedicine can enable patients to connect with their healthcare provider at a distance. This virtual platform could be used by smartphones or webcam-enabled computers and allows physicians to effectively screen patients with early signs of COVID-19 before they reach to hospital.

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