Role of telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic in type 2 diabetes outpatients: The AMD annals initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Telemedicine is advocated as a fundamental tool in modern clinical management. However, data on the effects of telemedicine vs face-to-face consultation on clinical outcomes in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are still uncertain. This paper describes the use of telemedicine during the 2020 COVID-19 emergency and compares volume activity and quality indicators of diabetes care between face-to-face vs telemedicine counseling in the large cohort of T2DM patients from the AMD Annals Initiative.

Methods

Demographic and clinical characteristics, including laboratory parameters, rate of the screening of long-term complications, current therapies and the Q-score, a validated score that measures the overall quality of care, were compared between 364,898 patients attending face-to-face co

SUBMITTER: Russo GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9663380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature