Telemedicine in palliative care during the COVID-19 era: A review of the literature

Telemedicine has become an effective approach for the management of COVID-19 because it allows to reduce the risk of cross-contamination. This health application is growing rapidly where medical information is transferred via telephone, Internet and other networks for consultation, sometimes remote medical procedures or examinations. Of course this application is very important to use in the pandemic era to reduce the frequency of meetings so as to reduce the spread of COVID - 19 especially in palliative patients. The purpose of this reference study was to determine the effectiveness of telemedicine on palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method is reference study. Search databases including Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Proquest with the keyword telemedicine for palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The next stage is to select articles according to the criteria, which are published in 2017-2021 with full text, in the preparation of  PRISMA and this reference study using 20 journals that meet the criteria. Results from this study reference is An analysis of twenty journals shows that Telemedicine has the potential to establish effective nurse-patient communication, also increase the safety of both as well as improve palliative care and patient support services, reduce APD consumption, and simplify clinical workflows. also improves patient comfort, reduces the psychological burden of isolation, of course reduces the workload of nurses. The conclusion is Telemedicine has proven to be effective for patient care, especially for palliative patients in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Keywords:Telemedicine; COVID-19; Palliative