Telemedicine for parkinsonism: A two-step model based on the COVID-19 experience in Milan, Italy

• Telehealth keeps patients with parkinsonism safe from traveling to in-person care site during the COVID-19 mitigation phase. • During the COVID-19 crisis, a telemedicine program for patients with parkinsonism was boosted in Milan, Italy. • This two-step model integrates a telenursing forward triag...

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Autores principales: Cilia, Roberto, Mancini, Francesca, Bloem, Bastiaan R., Eleopra, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32723588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.05.038
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Sumario:• Telehealth keeps patients with parkinsonism safe from traveling to in-person care site during the COVID-19 mitigation phase. • During the COVID-19 crisis, a telemedicine program for patients with parkinsonism was boosted in Milan, Italy. • This two-step model integrates a telenursing forward triage followed by video-consultations by experienced neurologists.

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