The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave
The physical and social distancing measures that have been adopted worldwide because of COVID-19 will probably remain in place for a long time, especially for senior adults, people with chronic conditions, and other at-risk populations. Teleconsultations can be useful in ensuring that patients conti...
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| author | Giunti, Guido Goossens, Richard De Bont, Antoinette Visser, Jacob J Mulder, Mark Schuit, Stephanie C E |
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| description | The physical and social distancing measures that have been adopted worldwide because of COVID-19 will probably remain in place for a long time, especially for senior adults, people with chronic conditions, and other at-risk populations. Teleconsultations can be useful in ensuring that patients continue to receive clinical care while reducing physical crowding and avoiding unnecessary exposure of health care staff. Implementation processes that typically take months of planning, budgeting, pilot testing, and education were compressed into days. However, in the urgency to deal with the present crisis, we may be forgetting that the introduction of digital health is not exclusively a technological issue, but part of a complex organizational change problem. This viewpoint offers insight regarding issues that rapidly adopted teleconsultation systems may face in a post–COVID-19 world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de02a4d9640a4e1cbb8723e38e2abb322022-12-21T17:43:15ZengJMIR PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet Research1438-88712020-10-012210e2121110.2196/21211The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 WaveGiunti, GuidoGoossens, RichardDe Bont, AntoinetteVisser, Jacob JMulder, MarkSchuit, Stephanie C EThe physical and social distancing measures that have been adopted worldwide because of COVID-19 will probably remain in place for a long time, especially for senior adults, people with chronic conditions, and other at-risk populations. Teleconsultations can be useful in ensuring that patients continue to receive clinical care while reducing physical crowding and avoiding unnecessary exposure of health care staff. Implementation processes that typically take months of planning, budgeting, pilot testing, and education were compressed into days. However, in the urgency to deal with the present crisis, we may be forgetting that the introduction of digital health is not exclusively a technological issue, but part of a complex organizational change problem. This viewpoint offers insight regarding issues that rapidly adopted teleconsultation systems may face in a post–COVID-19 world.http://www.jmir.org/2020/10/e21211/ |
| spellingShingle | Giunti, Guido Goossens, Richard De Bont, Antoinette Visser, Jacob J Mulder, Mark Schuit, Stephanie C E The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| title | The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave |
| title_full | The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave |
| title_fullStr | The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave |
| title_short | The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave |
| title_sort | need for sustainable teleconsultation systems in the aftermath of the first covid 19 wave |
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