Department of Surgery, Wetzikon Hospital, 8620 Wetzikon, Switzerland.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 15;18(22):11969. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211969.
SARS-CoV-2 has hampered healthcare systems worldwide, but some countries have found new opportunities and methods to combat it. In this study, we focused on the rapid growth of telemedicine during the pandemic around the world. We conducted a systematic literature review of all the articles published up to the present year, 2021, by following the requirements of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework. The data extracted comprised eHealth and telemedicine in surgery globally, and independently in Europe, the United States, and Switzerland. This review explicitly included fifty-nine studies. Out of all the articles included, none of them found that telemedicine causes poor outcomes in patients. Telemedicine has created a new path in the world of healthcare, revolutionizing how healthcare is delivered to patients and developing alternative methods for clinicians.
SARS-CoV-2 使全球的医疗系统陷入困境，但一些国家已经找到了新的机会和方法来与之抗争。在这项研究中，我们关注的是大流行期间全球远程医疗的快速发展。我们按照系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）框架的要求，对截至 2021 年发表的所有文章进行了系统的文献回顾。提取的数据包括全球范围内的电子医疗和远程医疗，以及欧洲、美国和瑞士的单独数据。本综述明确纳入了 59 项研究。在所纳入的所有文章中，没有一篇发现远程医疗会导致患者预后不良。远程医疗在医疗保健领域开辟了一条新的道路，彻底改变了向患者提供医疗服务的方式，并为临床医生开发了替代方法。
