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<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency of international concern. Due to mandatory social distancing and the lack of effective treatments, telemedicine has become the safest interactive system between patients, both infected and uninfected, and clinicians. During this period, all patients, with acute or chronic conditions, need ways to obtain medical attention other than going to Emergency Room (E.R.) or to the clinic. Telemedicine has been an effective approach for COVID-19 management as it allows to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and provides support to remote rural location. The most optimistic forecasts could not anticipate the impact that a pandemic will have on this medical field, whose financial implications exceeded all expectation.</p>
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency of international concern. Due to mandatory social distancing and the lack of effective treatments, telemedicine has become the safest interactive system between patients, both infected and uninfected, and clinicians. During this period, all patients, with acute or chronic conditions, need ways to obtain medical attention other than going to Emergency Room (E.R.) or to the clinic. Telemedicine has been an effective approach for COVID-19 management as it allows to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and provides support to remote rural location. The most optimistic forecasts could not anticipate the impact that a pandemic will have on this medical field, whose financial implications exceeded all expectation.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Telemedicine

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency of international concern. Due to mandatory social distancing and the lack of effective treatments,...

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Telemedicine

Publicado en línea: 24 ene 2022

Páginas: 24 - 26

Recibido: 03 ago 2021

Aceptado: 26 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0065

Palabras clave
telemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, financial implications

© 2021 Dan Orga-Dumitriu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Telemedicine

Publicado en línea: 24 ene 2022

Páginas: 24 - 26

Recibido: 03 ago 2021

Aceptado: 26 nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0065

Palabras clavetelemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, financial implications

© 2021 Dan Orga-Dumitriu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
telemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, financial implications