Tang Michael, Reddy Akhila
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 8;14(8):1884. doi: 10.3390/cancers14081884.
The landscape of healthcare delivery has considerably changed due to the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is nowhere more evident than in the care of advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care. This population is susceptible to the severe complications of COVID-19, and immediate measures had to be taken to ensure their safety. Thus, the adoption of telemedicine as a health care delivery model emerged. This model provides many benefits, such as improved access to care while maintaining social distancing; however, there exist challenges to this model, including health care disparities, reimbursement, and monitoring of opioids in high-risk populations. This narrative review provides an overview of the unique benefits and barriers of telemedicine in palliative care patients.
由于2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的出现，医疗服务的格局发生了相当大的变化。这在接受姑息治疗的晚期癌症患者的护理中最为明显。这一人群易受COVID-19严重并发症的影响，必须立即采取措施确保他们的安全。因此，远程医疗作为一种医疗服务模式应运而生。这种模式有许多好处，比如在保持社交距离的同时改善了医疗服务的可及性；然而，这种模式也存在挑战，包括医疗保健差距、报销以及对高危人群阿片类药物的监测。这篇叙述性综述概述了远程医疗在姑息治疗患者中的独特益处和障碍。
