Potthoff Lauren M
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Children (Basel). 2021 Apr 28;8(5):347. doi: 10.3390/children8050347.
The global COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an unprecedented, widespread implementation of telemedicine services, requiring pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) providers to shift in-person clinic visits to a virtual platform. With the passing of the one-year anniversary of the global pandemic, telemedicine continues to be offered and utilized. Although it remains unclear as to the extent to which telemedicine services will be used in the future, it is critical to understand how integrated multidisciplinary treatment-the standard of care in pediatric IBD-is delivered through a virtual platform. This paper provides an overview of the existing literature examining integrated multidisciplinary care for pediatric IBD provided via telemedicine. The author also presents one integrated multidisciplinary IBD program's response to the global pandemic and subsequent transition to telemedicine. Challenges around implementation and directions for future research in this area are also discussed.
全球新冠疫情带来了前所未有的、广泛的远程医疗服务实施，要求儿科炎症性肠病（IBD）医疗服务提供者将面对面门诊转移到虚拟平台。随着全球疫情一周年的过去，远程医疗仍在提供和使用。尽管目前尚不清楚远程医疗服务未来的使用程度，但了解如何通过虚拟平台提供综合多学科治疗（儿科IBD的标准治疗方式）至关重要。本文概述了现有关于通过远程医疗为儿科IBD提供综合多学科护理的文献。作者还介绍了一个综合多学科IBD项目对全球疫情的应对以及随后向远程医疗的转变。本文还讨论了实施方面的挑战以及该领域未来研究的方向。
