School of Medicine, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Medical Sciences and Public Health Post-Graduation Programs, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 6;290:854-857. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220200.
Telemedicine had a significant increase during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which is still on course. In different parts of the world, healthcare units had to adapt their practice, and several assistance services were remotely delivered. The present study is a systematic review of studies that had applied telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic and had assessed its effects on the delivered care. We have covered a 1-year period in order to assess the initiatives developed during the pandemic time and that had already evaluated the effects of the telemedicine program that had been implemented. All the analyzed studies evidenced a positive effect of telemedicine in the treatment of different conditions, including chronic diseases, mental disorders and oncologic diseases. The real impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the healthcare sector is still to be fully understood, and telemedicine implementation in different areas is one of its positive legacies.
远程医疗在新冠疫情期间显著增加，并且仍在持续。在世界不同地区，医疗机构不得不调整其常规做法，并远程提供多项辅助服务。本研究是对新冠疫情期间应用远程医疗并评估其对所提供医疗服务影响的研究进行的系统回顾。我们涵盖了 1 年的时间，以评估在大流行期间开展的各项举措，以及已经评估所实施远程医疗计划效果的研究。所有分析研究都表明远程医疗在治疗各种疾病方面（包括慢性病、精神障碍和肿瘤疾病）具有积极影响。新冠疫情对医疗保健部门的实际影响仍有待充分了解，而远程医疗在不同领域的实施是其积极遗产之一。
