Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Ege University School of Dentistry, İzmir, Turkey.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, School of Dentistry, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Apr;16(2):423-424. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.503. Epub 2021 Mar 26.
Telemedicine offers an excellent opportunity to provide continuing health care for those in need during local/global pandemics and disasters. It provides a safe and effective communication tool between health professionals and can be used as "forward triage" to manage medical/dental emergencies and to minimize the contact between the patients and clinicians during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Patients with noncommunicable diseases, like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, or chronic respiratory diseases, may present with critical health problems due to less access to health care systems during global disasters; opportunities for screening oral mucosa might be significantly disrupted, leading to delayed diagnosis of malignant/potentially malignant lesions. Telemedicine and oral health care associated mobile applications should be implemented to provide equal access to care, to eliminate unnecessary visits to health centers, and to improve practical coordination between professionals and health facilities.
远程医疗为在地方/全球大流行和灾害期间为有需要的人提供持续的医疗保健提供了极好的机会。它为卫生专业人员之间提供了一种安全有效的沟通工具，并可作为“前分诊”，以管理医疗/牙科急症，并在冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间尽量减少患者与临床医生之间的接触。在全球灾难期间，由于获得医疗保健系统的机会减少，患有非传染性疾病（如癌症、糖尿病、心血管或慢性呼吸道疾病）的患者可能会出现严重的健康问题；口腔黏膜筛查的机会可能会受到严重干扰，导致恶性/潜在恶性病变的诊断延迟。应实施远程医疗和口腔保健相关的移动应用程序，以提供平等获得护理的机会，避免不必要的就诊，并改善专业人员和卫生设施之间的实际协调。
