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ENT from afar: Opportunities for remote patient assessment, clinical management, teaching and learning
Author(s) -
Bhutta Mahmood F.,
Swanepoel De Wet,
Fagan Johan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/coa.13784
Subject(s) - medicine , telehealth , covid-19 , telemedicine , patient care , medical emergency , medical education , nursing , health care , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Remote communication in ENT has been expanding, spurred by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Conferences and teaching have moved online, enabling easier participation and reducing financial and environmental costs. Online multi‐disciplinary meetings have recently been instigated in Africa to discuss management of cases in head and neck cancer, or cochlear implantation, expanding access and enhancing patient care. Remote patient consultation has also seen an explosion, but existing literature suggests some caution, particularly because many patients in ENT need an examination to enable definitive diagnosis. Ongoing experience will help us to better understand how remote communication will fit into our future working lives, and also where face‐to‐face interaction may still be preferable.