Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Western China.
J Med Internet Res
; 22(5): e19577, 2020 05 08.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32349962
ABSTRACT
Disasters and pandemics pose unique challenges to health care delivery. As health care resources continue to be stretched due to the increasing burden of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine, including tele-education, may be an effective way to rationally allocate medical resources. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a multimodal telemedicine network in Sichuan Province in Western China was activated immediately after the first outbreak in January 2020. The network synergizes a newly established 5G service, a smartphone app, and an existing telemedicine system. Telemedicine was demonstrated to be feasible, acceptable, and effective in Western China, and allowed for significant improvements in health care outcomes. The success of telemedicine here may be a useful reference for other parts of the world.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Telemedicine
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Coronavirus Infections
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Delivery of Health Care
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
J Med Internet Res
Journal subject:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China