THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON TELEMEDICINE
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency of international concern. Due to
mandatory social distancing and the lack of effective treatments, telemedicine has become the safest
interactive system between patients, both infected and uninfected, and clinicians. During this period,
all patients, with acute or chronic conditions, need ways to obtain medical attention other than going
to Emergency Room (E.R.) or to the clinic. Telemedicine has been an effective approach for COVID-
19 management as it allows to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and provides support to remote
rural location. The most optimistic forecasts could not anticipate the impact that a pandemic will have
on this medical field, whose financial implications exceeded all expectation
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