Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 Jun 1;27(6):967-971. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa048.
Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic PPE as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the emergency department for low-risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.
在 2019 年新型冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行期间,与远程医疗和《紧急医疗救治与劳动法》相关的紧急政策变化为基于技术的临床评估创造了机会,这有助于节约个人防护设备(PPE)并保护急救提供者。我们将电子 PPE 定义为一种使用远程医疗工具进行电子医疗筛查检查的方法,同时满足《紧急医疗救治与劳动法》的要求。我们讨论了实施这种方法所需的安全、法律和技术因素。对于疑似 COVID-19 的低风险患者,这种方法有可能在节约 PPE 和保护提供者的同时,保持急诊科医疗筛查检查的安全标准。