Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 15;27(4):933-936. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3758. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
Utilization of telehealth as part of the cancer care delivery continuum dramatically escalated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at major cancer centers across the globe. The rapid shift toward telehealth visits for nontreatment cancer care provided immediate benefit through reducing unnecessary risk of exposure, overcoming transportation barriers faced by both patients and caregivers, and fast-tracking care transformation. As such, delineating the impact of telehealth on access, health equity, quality, and outcomes will be essential for refining the use of digital strategies and telehealth toward optimizing cancer care. Herein, experiences to date with telehealth usage for oncology care are reviewed, and priorities are outlined for postpandemic opportunities to improve the lives of patients with cancer through telemedicine.
在全球主要癌症中心，远程医疗作为癌症护理连续体的一部分，在应对 COVID-19 大流行期间急剧增加。向非治疗性癌症护理的远程医疗就诊的快速转变立即带来了好处，减少了不必要的暴露风险，克服了患者和护理人员面临的交通障碍，并加速了护理转型。因此，明确远程医疗对获取途径、健康公平、质量和结果的影响，对于完善数字战略和远程医疗的使用以优化癌症护理至关重要。在此，回顾了迄今为止远程医疗在肿瘤学护理中的使用经验，并概述了大流行后通过远程医疗改善癌症患者生活的机会重点。
