Unit of Oral Medicine, Dental Hospital, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, Turner Street, London E1 2AD.
Unit of Oral Medicine, Dental Hospital, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, Turner Street, London E1 2AD; Centre for Immuno-Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Dental Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London E1 2AD; Centre for Excellence for Behçet's Disease, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust Turner Street, London E1 2AD.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 Jun;59(5):605-608. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.11.010. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, NHS services had to convert face-to-face consultations to remote consultations to facilitate the ongoing provision of healthcare. Many specialties including Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Rheumatology have found such virtual clinics effective and appreciated by both patients and clinicians. In Oral Medicine, whilst responses to virtual clinics have been positive, we have recognised that they are not sufficient. In this reflective piece, we describe our experiences and our approach to their use in the management of Oral Medicine and Behçet's disease patients, which has developed iteratively during the lockdown period. We also consider the role of virtual clinics in Oral Medicine in the post-COVID-19 era.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，NHS 服务必须将面对面咨询转为远程咨询，以方便持续提供医疗保健。许多专业，包括口腔颌面外科和风湿病学，发现这种虚拟诊所非常有效，深受患者和临床医生的赞赏。在口腔医学领域，虽然虚拟诊所的反应是积极的，但我们认识到它们还不够。在这篇反思性的文章中，我们描述了我们在口腔医学和白塞病患者管理中使用虚拟诊所的经验和方法，这些经验和方法在封锁期间是逐步发展起来的。我们还考虑了虚拟诊所在 COVID-19 后时代在口腔医学中的作用。
