Open AccessTelehealth for Wound Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Catherine R. Ratliff,
Robbin Shifflett,
April Howell,
Cindy Kennedy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing/journal of wocn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.635
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1528-3976
pISSN - 1071-5754
DOI - 10.1097/won.0000000000000692
Subject(s) - telehealth , pandemic , medical emergency , medicine , telemedicine , health care , service (business) , workflow , triage , agency (philosophy) , ambulatory care , covid-19 , nursing , business , computer science , database , disease , epistemology , pathology , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth , philosophy
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cardiovascular Surgery (CV) service of an academic medical center conducted a quality improvement project to decrease readmissions to the hospital from 2 rehabilitation facilities using telehealth via video calling. This initiative became of great importance with the COVID-19 pandemic because it helped the CV service better navigate and more efficiently meet the patient care needs associated with patient care restrictions. The CV service had to quickly evaluate and implement measures to reduce the rate of transmission of the coronavirus, which included adapting the clinic workflow to comply with state and federal recommendations. To minimize the interruption of clinical services and the associated revenue, a rapid transition from outpatient clinic visits to telehealth visits was implemented.