Burroughs Mark, Urits Ivan, Viswanath Omar, Simopoulos Thomas, Hasoon Jamal
Department of General Surgery, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2020 Aug 3;33(4):699-700. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2020.1792728.
As the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health care systems around the world, new strategies to mitigate its spread and provide patients access to health care have been employed. Although a critical component of this strategy, telemedicine is not a perfect solution for many scenarios and is often limited. Overall, telemedicine has been an invaluable tool to improve access to care and minimize the risk of person-to-person transmission of COVID-19.
随着新冠疫情席卷全球医疗系统，人们采用了新策略来减缓疫情传播，并让患者能够获得医疗服务。远程医疗虽是这一策略的关键组成部分，但在许多情况下并非完美解决方案，且往往存在局限性。总体而言，远程医疗一直是改善医疗服务可及性、将新冠病毒人际传播风险降至最低的宝贵工具。
