Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond
Even before the covid-19 pandemic, virtual consultations (also called telemedicine consultations) were on the rise, with many healthcare systems advocating a digital-first approach.1 -7 At the start of the pandemic, many GPs and specialists turned to video consultations to reduce patient flow t...
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| author | Car, Josip Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat Foong, Pin Sym Wang, C. Jason |
| author2 | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) |
| author_facet | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Car, Josip Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat Foong, Pin Sym Wang, C. Jason |
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| description | Even before the covid-19 pandemic, virtual
consultations (also called telemedicine consultations)
were on the rise, with many healthcare systems
advocating a digital-first approach.1 -7 At the start of
the pandemic, many GPs and specialists turned to
video consultations to reduce patient flow through
healthcare facilities and limit infectious
exposures.8 -16 Video and telephone consultations
also enable clinicians who are well but have to
self-isolate, or who fall into high risk groups and
require shielding, to continue providing medical
care.17 -19 The scope for video consultations for long
term conditions is wide and includes management
of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, stroke, psychiatric
illnesses, cancers, and chronic pain.20 -22 Video
consultations can also be used for triage and
management of a wide range of acute conditions,
including, for example, emergency eye care
triage.23 -25 This practice pointer summarises the
evidence on the use of video consultations in
healthcare and offers practical recommendations for
video consulting in primary care and outpatient
settings. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1617162024-02-19T08:04:22Z Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond Car, Josip Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat Foong, Pin Sym Wang, C. Jason Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Science::Medicine Skype Video Consultation Even before the covid-19 pandemic, virtual consultations (also called telemedicine consultations) were on the rise, with many healthcare systems advocating a digital-first approach.1 -7 At the start of the pandemic, many GPs and specialists turned to video consultations to reduce patient flow through healthcare facilities and limit infectious exposures.8 -16 Video and telephone consultations also enable clinicians who are well but have to self-isolate, or who fall into high risk groups and require shielding, to continue providing medical care.17 -19 The scope for video consultations for long term conditions is wide and includes management of diabetes, hypertension, asthma, stroke, psychiatric illnesses, cancers, and chronic pain.20 -22 Video consultations can also be used for triage and management of a wide range of acute conditions, including, for example, emergency eye care triage.23 -25 This practice pointer summarises the evidence on the use of video consultations in healthcare and offers practical recommendations for video consulting in primary care and outpatient settings. Ministry of Health (MOH) Nanyang Technological University JC gratefully acknowledges NTU Singapore's support for Centre for Population Health Sciences which enabled this work. JC's post at Imperial College London is supported by the NIHR NW London Applied Research Collaboration. GC-HK is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council under the Singapore Population Health Improvement Centre and the Diabetes, Tuberculosis and Neuroscience (Telehealth Core) Centre Grant Programmes. 2022-09-16T04:56:03Z 2022-09-16T04:56:03Z 2020 Journal Article Car, J., Koh, G. C., Foong, P. S. & Wang, C. J. (2020). Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond. BMJ, 371, m3945-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3945 1759-2151 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161716 10.1136/bmj.m3945 33082127 2-s2.0-85094108689 371 m3945 en BMJ © 2020 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Science::Medicine Skype Video Consultation Car, Josip Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat Foong, Pin Sym Wang, C. Jason Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title | Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title_full | Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title_fullStr | Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title_short | Video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond |
| title_sort | video consultations in primary and specialist care during the covid 19 pandemic and beyond |
| topic | Science::Medicine Skype Video Consultation |
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