Northwell Health Orthopaedics, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York.
Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
Surg Technol Int. 2021 Jun 28;39:17-21. doi: 10.52198/21.STI.39.SO1445.
Telehealth has recently been used more often in an attempt to protect practitioners and patients during the 2019 coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) crisis. Despite telehealth's existence, there was no prior need to fully realize its potential. Recently, technological innovations in orthopaedic surgery have assisted in making this modality more useful. However, it is important to continually educate the medical community regarding these technologies and their interplay to improve patient care. Therefore, our purpose is to provide information on telehealth by assessing: (1) steps the hospital/system are taking to reduce COVID-19 exposure for teams and patients; (2) new technologies allowing for the optimization of patient safety; and (3) use of telehealth for postoperative follow up. We will demonstrate that telehealth and its associated strategies can be used effectively to decrease COVID-19 exposure risks for both medical staff and patients during these rapidly changing and uncertain times.
远程医疗最近被更频繁地使用，试图在 2019 年冠状病毒传染病（COVID-19）危机期间保护医生和患者。尽管远程医疗已经存在，但以前并没有完全发挥其潜力的需要。最近，矫形外科的技术创新有助于使这种模式更加有用。然而，不断向医学界宣传这些技术及其相互作用以改善患者护理非常重要。因此，我们的目的是通过评估以下方面来提供有关远程医疗的信息：（1）医院/系统为减少团队和患者的 COVID-19 暴露而采取的措施；（2）允许优化患者安全的新技术；（3）术后随访的远程医疗应用。我们将证明，在这个快速变化和不确定的时期，远程医疗及其相关策略可以有效地用于降低医护人员和患者的 COVID-19 暴露风险。
