Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

COVID-19 pandemic and the great impulse to telemedicine : The basis of the WONCA Europe Statement on Telemedicine at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting September 2020

Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando LU orcid ; Kurpas, Donata ; Vinker, Shlomo ; Sarkisova, Valentina ; Eleftheriou, Androulla ; Żakowicz, Anna ; Aarendonk, Diederik and Ungan, Mehmet (2021) In Primary Health Care Research and Development 22.
Abstract

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to support the delivery of healthcare at a distance, guaranteeing patients healthcare by facilitating access where barriers exist; the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide interest in this field. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main pros and cons of telemedicine, which serve as the basis of the WONCA Europe Statement at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting on 14 September 2020. Pros of telemedicine include virtual healthcare at home, where patients receive support in certain conditions without leaving their houses. During a pandemic, it can be adopted to limit physical human interaction. Unfortunately, it can negatively affect the quality of the... (More)

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to support the delivery of healthcare at a distance, guaranteeing patients healthcare by facilitating access where barriers exist; the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide interest in this field. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main pros and cons of telemedicine, which serve as the basis of the WONCA Europe Statement at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting on 14 September 2020. Pros of telemedicine include virtual healthcare at home, where patients receive support in certain conditions without leaving their houses. During a pandemic, it can be adopted to limit physical human interaction. Unfortunately, it can negatively affect the quality of the doctor-patient relationship, the quality of the physical examination, and the quality of care. Telemedicine requires effective infrastructure and robust investments to be feasible and effective.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
access to care, rural health, telemedicine, COVID-19, COVID-19
in
Primary Health Care Research and Development
volume
22
article number
e65
publisher
Cambridge University Press
external identifiers
  • pmid:34895388
  • scopus:85122522308
ISSN
1463-4236
DOI
10.1017/S1463423621000633
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
29fade8c-4fff-4aad-a8cc-cea009ccad72
date added to LUP
2022-03-10 12:47:13
date last changed
2024-04-18 06:22:11
@article{29fade8c-4fff-4aad-a8cc-cea009ccad72,
  abstract     = {{<p>Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies to support the delivery of healthcare at a distance, guaranteeing patients healthcare by facilitating access where barriers exist; the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted worldwide interest in this field. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the main pros and cons of telemedicine, which serve as the basis of the WONCA Europe Statement at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting on 14 September 2020. Pros of telemedicine include virtual healthcare at home, where patients receive support in certain conditions without leaving their houses. During a pandemic, it can be adopted to limit physical human interaction. Unfortunately, it can negatively affect the quality of the doctor-patient relationship, the quality of the physical examination, and the quality of care. Telemedicine requires effective infrastructure and robust investments to be feasible and effective. </p>}},
  author       = {{Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando and Kurpas, Donata and Vinker, Shlomo and Sarkisova, Valentina and Eleftheriou, Androulla and Żakowicz, Anna and Aarendonk, Diederik and Ungan, Mehmet}},
  issn         = {{1463-4236}},
  keywords     = {{access to care; rural health; telemedicine; COVID-19; COVID-19}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Primary Health Care Research and Development}},
  title        = {{COVID-19 pandemic and the great impulse to telemedicine : The basis of the WONCA Europe Statement on Telemedicine at the WHO Europe 70th Regional Meeting September 2020}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000633}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S1463423621000633}},
  volume       = {{22}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}