Gómez Rivas J, Rodríguez-Serrano A, Loeb S, Teoh Jeremy Yuen-Chun, Ribal M J, Bloemberg J, Catto J, ŃDow J, van Poppel H, González J, Esteban M, Rodriguez Socarrás M
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Young Academic Urologist-Urotechnology working party (ESUT-YAU), European Association of Urology, Arnhem, Países Bajos.
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
Actas Urol Esp (Engl Ed). 2020 Dec;44(10):644-652. doi: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.08.010. Epub 2020 Sep 11.
Telemedicine provides remote clinical support through technology tools. It can facilitate medical care delivery while reducing unnecessary office visits. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused an abrupt change in our daily urological practice, where teleconsultations play a crucial role.
To provide practical recommendations for the effective use of technological tools in telemedicine.
A literature search was conducted on Medline until April 2020. We selected the most relevant articles related to «telemedicine» and «smart working» that could provide valuable information.
Telemedicine refers to the use of electronic information and telecommunication tools to provide remote clinical health care support. Smart working is a working approach that uses new or existing technologies to improve performance. Telemedicine is becoming a useful and fundamental tool during the COVID-19 pandemic and will be even more in the future. It is time for us to officially give telemedicine the place it deserves in clinical practice, and it is our responsibility to adapt and familiarize with all the tools and possible strategies for its optimal implementation. We must guarantee that the quality of care received by patients and perceived by them and their families is of the highest standard.
Telemedicine facilitates remote specialized urological clinical support and solves problems caused by limited patient mobility or transfer, reduces unnecessary visits to clinics and is useful to reduce the risk of COVID-19 viral transmission.
远程医疗通过技术工具提供远程临床支持。它可以促进医疗服务的提供，同时减少不必要的门诊就诊。新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情使我们日常的泌尿外科诊疗实践发生了突然变化，远程会诊在其中发挥着关键作用。
为有效利用远程医疗中的技术工具提供实用建议。
截至2020年4月在Medline上进行文献检索。我们选择了与“远程医疗”和“灵活办公”相关的最具相关性的文章，这些文章能够提供有价值的信息。
远程医疗是指利用电子信息和电信工具提供远程临床医疗支持。灵活办公是一种利用新技术或现有技术来提高工作绩效的工作方式。在新型冠状病毒肺炎大流行期间，远程医疗正成为一种有用且重要的工具，并且在未来其作用将更加凸显。现在是我们正式赋予远程医疗在临床实践中应有的地位的时候了，我们有责任去适应并熟悉所有工具以及实现其最佳应用的可能策略。我们必须确保患者及其家属所接受和感受到的医疗服务质量达到最高标准。
远程医疗有助于提供远程专业泌尿外科临床支持，解决因患者活动受限或转运受限所导致的问题，减少不必要的门诊就诊，并且有助于降低新型冠状病毒肺炎病毒传播风险。
