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Optimizing your telemedicine visit during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: Practice guidelines for patients with head and neck cancer
Author(s) -
Prasad Aman,
Brewster Ryan,
Newman Jason G.,
Rajasekaran Karthik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.26197
Subject(s) - telemedicine , pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , head and neck cancer , head and neck , medical emergency , outpatient visits , best practice , health care , family medicine , cancer , surgery , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , management , outbreak , economics , economic growth
The COVID‐19 epidemic has resulted in many hospitals and practices to cancel in‐person outpatient clinic visits, where head and neck patients receive their critical longitudinal care. Out of necessity, most practices have been encouraged to use telemedicine as a method to maintain a continuum of care with their patients. As a result, the prevalence of telemedicine has grown rapidly during this pandemic, without allowing the physicians and patients to be adequately educated on how best to utilize the services. There is a steep learning curve as we have learned, and our goal is to provide guidelines for both patients and physicians, as well as a valuable patient handout in preparation for their visit.