Pulmonology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto 4200-319, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Pulmonology Department, Hospital CUF-Tejo, Lisboa, Portugal; NOVA Medical School, Nova University Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
Pulmonology. 2023 Jan-Feb;29(1):65-76. doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.04.007. Epub 2022 Jun 12.
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis, among so many social, economic and health problems, also brought new opportunities. The potential of telemedicine to improve health outcomes had already been recognised in the last decades, but the pandemic crisis has accelerated the digital revolution. In 2020, a rapid increase in the use of remote consultations occurred due to the need to reduce attendance and overcrowding in outpatient clinics. However, the benefit of their use extends beyond the pandemic crisis, as an important tool to improve both the efficiency and capacity of future healthcare systems. This article reviews the literature regarding telemedicine and teleconsultation standards and recommendations, collects opinions of Portuguese experts in respiratory medicine and provides guidance in teleconsultation practices for Pulmonologists.
新冠疫情危机给社会、经济和卫生带来了诸多问题，但也带来了新的机遇。远程医疗在提高医疗效果方面的潜力在上个十年已经得到了认可，但疫情危机加速了数字化革命。2020 年，由于需要减少门诊就诊人数和拥挤，远程咨询的使用迅速增加。然而，它们的使用效益不仅限于疫情危机，而是作为提高未来医疗体系效率和容量的重要工具。本文回顾了远程医疗和远程咨询的标准和建议的文献，收集了葡萄牙呼吸医学专家的意见，并为肺科医生提供了远程咨询实践指南。
