COVID-19大流行期间远程医疗在心脏门诊护理中的应用效果:大流行浪潮中的大中心体验

IF 3.1 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications Pub Date : 2022-05-17 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1155/2022/4156436
Wesam A Alhejily
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引言使用电话会议的同步远程医疗可能在临床护理中发挥作用。在一个三级护理中心,通过一个新的应用平台建立了视频会议增强型虚拟诊所。它们是在新冠肺炎大流行期间引入的,通过安全线路将患者与训练有素的医疗保健提供者联系起来。在维护患者隐私的同时,他们被认为可以提供有效的沟通和持续的临床护理。在这项横断面队列研究中,我们应该检查服务的影响以及他们在门诊设置中可能为心脏病患者提供的帮助。方法一项前瞻性队列研究,观察了疫情期间所有视频会议虚拟诊所的就诊情况,主要关注心脏门诊,解决了疫情期间心脏病患者入院或急诊需求的主要终点,以及基于患者体验的患者满意度的次要终点。结果从2020年3月10日到2021年1月30日,在10个月的时间里,共进行了6000次基于视频的实时护理聊天,其中277名患者在虚拟心脏诊所接受了评估,其中193名(69.7%)为男性,平均年龄为48±15.60(22.3%),患者被要求到诊所进行进一步评估和测试,20名(7.2%)患者被要求到急诊室就诊,其中8名(2.8%)患者住院治疗。所有8人都因高风险发现而入院,需要立即就医,4/8人接受了心导管插入术,平均入院时间为2±1 天。与常规预约护理相比,入院率和急诊就诊率分别存在统计学差异,p=0.001和p=0.0001,在虚拟诊所中这两个数字在统计学上都更高。在5级评分系统中,4级及以上的满意度为97%,建议在疫情期间后继续提供服务。结论视频增强虚拟心脏病诊所在新冠肺炎大流行期间安全有效地工作,与非预约诊所相比,入院率和急诊就诊率有所不同。它可以在非流行时期使用,以减少医院和诊所拥挤的负担。它还通过重新建立物理距离间接降低了新冠肺炎传播的机会。
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Efficacy of Telemedicine Utilization for Cardiac Outpatients' Care during the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Large Center Experience in the Wave of the Pandemic.

Introduction: Synchronous telemedicine using teleconferencing may play a role in clinical care. In a tertiary care center, video conferencing-enhanced virtual clinics were established via a new application platform. They were introduced during COVID-19 pandemic to connect patients to trained health-care providers via a secured line. While maintaining patients' privacy, they were theorized to offer effective communications and continuous clinical care. In this cross-sectional cohort study, we ought to examine the impact of service and the assistance they may offer to cardiac patients in the outpatient setup.

Methods: A prospective cohort study looking at all video-conferencing virtual clinics' visits during the pandemic with primary focus on cardiac outpatient clinic, addressing primary endpoints of need for admission or emergency visits from cardiac demises during the pandemic and secondary endpoint of patient satisfaction based on patients' experiences.

Results: A total of 6000 live care video-based chats were made over 10 months period from March 10th, 2020, to January 30th, 2021, among which 277 patients were evaluated in the virtual cardiac clinic, of these 193 (69.7%) were males, with mean age of 48 ± 15.60 (22.3%), patients were requested to present to clinic for further evaluation and testing, 20 (7.2%) patients were asked to visit the emergency room, of whom 8 (2.8%) patients were hospitalized. All 8 were admitted for high-risk findings that require immediate medical attention, 4/8 underwent cardiac catheterization, mean duration of admission was 2 ± 1 days. When compared to regular walk-in care, there was a statistical difference in admission rate and emergency visits p = 0.001 and p = 0.0001, respectively, both were statistically higher in the virtual clinic. The satisfaction rate in a 5-scale grading system was 97% of 4 and above recommending the continuation of the service beyond pandemic time.

Conclusions: Video-enhanced virtual cardiology clinic works safely and efficiently during COVID-19 pandemic with a difference in admission rate and ER visits when compared to walk-in clinic. It can be used during nonpandemic time to reduce load on hospital and clinic crowdedness. It also decreases the chances of COVID-19 transmission indirectly by reenforcing physical distance.

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6.90
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2.30%
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19
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12 weeks
期刊介绍: The overall aim of the International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications is to bring together science and applications of medical practice and medical care at a distance as well as their supporting technologies such as, computing, communications, and networking technologies with emphasis on telemedicine techniques and telemedicine applications. It is directed at practicing engineers, academic researchers, as well as doctors, nurses, etc. Telemedicine is an information technology that enables doctors to perform medical consultations, diagnoses, and treatments, as well as medical education, away from patients. For example, doctors can remotely examine patients via remote viewing monitors and sound devices, and/or sampling physiological data using telecommunication. Telemedicine technology is applied to areas of emergency healthcare, videoconsulting, telecardiology, telepathology, teledermatology, teleophthalmology, teleoncology, telepsychiatry, teledentistry, etc. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications will highlight the continued growth and new challenges in telemedicine, applications, and their supporting technologies, for both application development and basic research. Papers should emphasize original results or case studies relating to the theory and/or applications of telemedicine. Tutorial papers, especially those emphasizing multidisciplinary views of telemedicine, are also welcome. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications employs a paperless, electronic submission and evaluation system to promote a rapid turnaround in the peer-review process.
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