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Virtualised care and COVID-19
Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Covid-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020, health organisations and staff have had to adapt and restructure services in order to respond to this global health emergency. Numerous containment strategies have been, and continue to be, i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32468414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02269-5 |
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author | O’ Reilly, M. F. Merghani, K. Sheehan, E. |
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description | Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Covid-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020, health organisations and staff have had to adapt and restructure services in order to respond to this global health emergency. Numerous containment strategies have been, and continue to be, introduced in this rapidly evolving and fluid situation with a significant shift towards virtual or remote patient assessment. The concept of virtual patient evaluation has previously been adopted across a range of medical and surgical specialities yielding safe and efficient pathways associated with good Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and patient satisfaction rates. Whilst the idea of virtual patient review may be perceived as counterintuitive to the basic foundations and principles of face-to-face clinical practice, the current global pandemic, now more than ever, highlights the importance, need and benefits of this care model. |
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spelling | pubmed-88483402022-02-18 Virtualised care and COVID-19 O’ Reilly, M. F. Merghani, K. Sheehan, E. Ir J Med Sci Brief Report Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Covid-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020, health organisations and staff have had to adapt and restructure services in order to respond to this global health emergency. Numerous containment strategies have been, and continue to be, introduced in this rapidly evolving and fluid situation with a significant shift towards virtual or remote patient assessment. The concept of virtual patient evaluation has previously been adopted across a range of medical and surgical specialities yielding safe and efficient pathways associated with good Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and patient satisfaction rates. Whilst the idea of virtual patient review may be perceived as counterintuitive to the basic foundations and principles of face-to-face clinical practice, the current global pandemic, now more than ever, highlights the importance, need and benefits of this care model. Springer International Publishing 2020-05-28 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8848340/ /pubmed/32468414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02269-5 Text en © Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland 2020 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 | Brief Report O’ Reilly, M. F. Merghani, K. Sheehan, E. Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title | Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title_full | Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title_short | Virtualised care and COVID-19 |
title_sort | virtualised care and covid-19 |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848340/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32468414 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11845-020-02269-5 |
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