What Matters to Us: Impact of Telemedicine During the Pandemic in the Care of Patients With Sarcoma Across Scotland | Zendy

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What Matters to Us: Impact of Telemedicine During the Pandemic in the Care of Patients With Sarcoma Across Scotland

Author(s) -

Holly McCabe,

Alannah Smrke,

Fiona Cowie,

Jeff White,

Peter Han Joo Chong,

Steven Lo,

Ashish Mahendra,

Sanjay Gupta,

Michelle Ferguson,

David Boddie,

Walter Mmekka,

Lorraine Stirling,

Lindsay K. Campbell,

Robin L. Jones,

Ioanixon

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

jco global oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2687-8941

DOI - 10.1200/go.20.00599

Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , pandemic , descriptive statistics , sarcoma , covid-19 , multidisciplinary approach , medical emergency , family medicine , health care , nursing , pathology , sociology , political science , statistics , mathematics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , social science

In Scotland, approximately 350 sarcoma cases are diagnosed per year and treated in one of the five specialist centers. Many patients are required to travel long distances to access specialist care. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a number of rapid changes into the care for patients with cancer, with increasing utilization of telemedicine. We aimed to evaluate how the utilization of telemedicine affects professionals and patients across Scotland and care delivery, at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre Sarcoma Unit.

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