Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic

Telemedicine is the medical practice of caring for and treating patients remotely. With the spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine has become increasingly prevalent. Although telemedicine was already in practice before the 2020 pandemic, the internet, smartphones, c...

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Published in:	Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 307 - 319
Main Authors:	Wahezi, Sayed E., Kohan, Lynn R., Spektor, Boris, Brancolini, Scott, Emerick, Trent, Fronterhouse, Jean M., Luedi, Markus M., Colon, Marc A., Kitei, Paul M., Anitescu, Magdalena, Goeders, Nicholas E., Patil, Shilpavedi, Siddaiah, Harish, Cornett, Elyse M., Urman, Richard D., Kaye, Alan D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2021
Subjects:	ambulatory pain centers coronavirus COVID COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control Health Personnel - trends Humans Pain Management - methods Pain Management - trends Pandemics - prevention & control Practice Patterns, Physicians' - trends Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Substance-Related Disorders - therapy telehealth telemedicine Telemedicine - methods Telemedicine - trends COVID ambulatory pain centers telemedicine coronavirus telehealth
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Summary:	Telemedicine is the medical practice of caring for and treating patients remotely. With the spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine has become increasingly prevalent. Although telemedicine was already in practice before the 2020 pandemic, the internet, smartphones, computers, and video-conferencing tools have made telemedicine easily accessible and available to almost everyone. However, there are also new challenges that health care providers may not be prepared for, including treating and diagnosing patients without physical contact. Physician adoption also depends upon reimbursement and education to improve the telemedicine visits. We review current trends involving telemedicine, how pandemics such as COVID-19 affect the remote treatment of patients, and key concepts important to healthcare providers who practice telemedicine.
ISSN:	1521-6896 1532-169X 1878-1608
DOI:	10.1016/j.bpa.2020.11.005