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e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls
During the current Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of changes had to be made in the care of patients with facial nerve paralysis (FNP). FNP is a life-changing condition with effects on both physical (both esthetic and functional) and psychological aspects of the patient’s life. Telemedicine could be a suit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7881343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33612973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-021-01802-8 |
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author | Sanches, Elijah E. de Jongh, Frank W. Ingels, Koen J. A. O. Pouwels, Sjaak |
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description | During the current Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of changes had to be made in the care of patients with facial nerve paralysis (FNP). FNP is a life-changing condition with effects on both physical (both esthetic and functional) and psychological aspects of the patient’s life. Telemedicine could be a suitable alternative in the therapy for these patients, since it is often not possible to travel to outpatient clinics or to have normal face-to-face appointments with treating physicians because of pandemic restrictions. This review provides an overview of the current literature in the treatment of FNP during the pandemic and the role of telemedicine/e-Health. Secondly, we will discuss the challenges and pitfalls of implementing e-Health and telemedicine applications in clinical practice. Level of evidence: Not ratable |
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spelling | pubmed-78813432021-02-16 e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls Sanches, Elijah E. de Jongh, Frank W. Ingels, Koen J. A. O. Pouwels, Sjaak Eur J Plast Surg Review During the current Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of changes had to be made in the care of patients with facial nerve paralysis (FNP). FNP is a life-changing condition with effects on both physical (both esthetic and functional) and psychological aspects of the patient’s life. Telemedicine could be a suitable alternative in the therapy for these patients, since it is often not possible to travel to outpatient clinics or to have normal face-to-face appointments with treating physicians because of pandemic restrictions. This review provides an overview of the current literature in the treatment of FNP during the pandemic and the role of telemedicine/e-Health. Secondly, we will discuss the challenges and pitfalls of implementing e-Health and telemedicine applications in clinical practice. Level of evidence: Not ratable Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-02-13 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7881343/ /pubmed/33612973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-021-01802-8 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Sanches, Elijah E. de Jongh, Frank W. Ingels, Koen J. A. O. Pouwels, Sjaak e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title | e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title_full | e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title_fullStr | e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title_full_unstemmed | e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title_short | e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
title_sort | e-health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7881343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33612973 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-021-01802-8 |
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