An internet-based multidisciplinary online medical consultation system to help cope with pediatric medical needs during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine is becoming an emerging innovative supplement to the traditional medical system in China. In the present study, we described the rapid implementation of the telemedicine in pediatrics during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and explored its value in response to the demand for pediatric medical services during the epidemic.

Methods

An Internet-based platform for multidisciplinary online medical consultation was established on February 8, 2020, by a national children's medical center in China. The medical data of the traditional hospital visits and novel online visits from the first two months (February 8 to March 31) after the establishment of the platform were collected and analyzed. The demographic features, changes in the disease spe

SUBMITTER: Zhai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature