Telemedicine use in orthopaedics: Experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With a recent resurgence of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases globally, an increasing number of healthcare systems are adopting telemedicine as an alternative method of healthcare delivery in a bid to decrease disease transmission. Continued care of orthopaedic patients in the outpatient setting during the coronavirus disease of 2019 era can prove challenging without a systematic workflow, adequate logistics, and careful patient selection for teleconsultation. The aim of this paper is to describe our single-centre experience with the application of telemedicine in our orthopaedic practice, and its effectiveness in maintaining outpatient follow-up of orthopaedic patients.

Methodology

We describe our centre's telemedicine model of care for orthopaedic

SUBMITTER: Chin BZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111019 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature