Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care
Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care
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DOI：
10.1093/jamia/ocaa067
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Tcheng, James
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作者：
Wosik, Jedrek;Fudim, Marat;Tcheng, James
新型冠状病毒疾病-19(新冠肺炎)大流行改变了我们的经济、社会和医疗体系。虽然这场危机给美国的医疗保健提供系统带来了前所未有的挑战，但这场大流行促进了远程医疗的迅速采用，即用于提供远程护理的整个活动范围。我们使用包括我们在内的美国医疗保健组织报告的例子，描述远程医疗在美国新冠肺炎大流行的三个阶段中在转变医疗保健服务中所发挥的作用：(1)居家门诊护理，(2)最初的新冠肺炎医院激增，以及(3)延迟康复。在这3个阶段中的每一个阶段，我们都会研究人员、流程和技术如何协同工作来支持成功的远程医疗转型。无论医疗企业是否做好了准备，新的现实是虚拟医疗已经到来。
The novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered our economy, society, and healthcare system. While this crisis has presented the U.S. healthcare delivery system with unprecedented challenges, the pandemic has catalyzed rapid adoption of telehealth, or the entire spectrum of activities used to deliver care at a distance. Using examples reported by U.S. healthcare organizations, including ours, we describe the role that telehealth has played in transforming healthcare delivery during the 3 phases of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic: (1) stay-at-home outpatient care, (2) initial COVID-19 hospital surge, and (3) postpandemic recovery. Within each of these 3 phases, we examine how people, process, and technology work together to support a successful telehealth transformation. Whether healthcare enterprises are ready or not, the new reality is that virtual care has arrived.