The Importance of Telemedicine in a Post COVID World

Abstract

Telemedicine has found immense popularity, especially in a COVID-19 affected world.  Its application shall improve the quality of health care provided to patients and help in time management as it help facilitates optimized referral systems which are based on the immediate/follow up needs of the patient, decision-making, reduction in patient’s waiting time as well as consultation time.  This review is an effort to shed light on the main practical applications of teledentistry for emphasizing potentialities, problems, and applications of this relatively new branch in medicine. The paper also highlighted highlight the various aspects of telemedicine in relation to the healthcare sector, its advantages/disadvantages in a post COVID-19 world.