Telemedicine: Changing the Management of Chronic Pain
Experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of treating patients with chronic pain via telemedicine.
Experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of treating patients with chronic pain via telemedicine.
Researchers assessed the effect of an online osteoarthritis weight program on physiotherapists’ self-reported confidence in their knowledge and skills in weight management and their attitude toward obesity.
A transitional care model utilizing NPs to conduct telehealth visits within 3 days of hospital discharge led to reduce health care costs and increased 14-day follow-up rates.
The researchers’ goal was to determine patients’ satisfaction with consultation about headaches by telephone during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether they preferred consultations that were face-to-face, by telephone, or a combination of the two.
A task force from the AAD surveyed members about their perceptions of and experiences with teledermatology during the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of new regulatory changes from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Recent study findings point to an overlooked downside of the growing reliance on telehealth: an increased burden on nurses.
With telehealth visits on the rise amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition conducted a survey of 2007 patients across the United States.
The objective of this study was to assess the implementation of teleneurology, including patient and clinician experiences, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study authors evaluated the effect of telerheumatology and the pandemic on the care of patients in a tertiary outpatient service.
For telemedicine to thrive in a postpandemic era, temporary rules regarding reimbursement and providers’ ability to fully care for the patient in any setting must be made permanent.