Email this article Peculiarities of outpatient care for COVID-19 patients using telemedicine technologies
- Authors: Tyazhelnikov A.A.1,2, Polunina N.V.2, Kostenko E.V.2,3, Polunin V.S.2
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- Consultative diagnostic clinic No. 121
- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
- Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine of the Moscow City Health Department
- Issue: Vol 27, No 2 (2021)
- Pages: 107-114
- Section: Health care organization and public health
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-2106/article/view/76370
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/0869-2106-2021-27-2-107-114
- ID: 76370
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The use of telemedicine in providing outpatient care for COVID-19 patients is an integral part of the most intensively developing and promising areas of national health care.
AIM: This study aims to demonstrate the efficiency of using telemedicine technologies in outpatient care for COVID-19 patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is the retrospective analysis of remote consultations for 57,256 patients with COVID-19 from April 1, 2020, to May 24, 2020.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results of human resource analyses, the physician workloads, and the categories of observed patient categories are presented. The majority of patients were asymptomatic (45%), a mild form of the disease was observed in 4534 (34%) patients, and moderate cases were observed in 2800 (21%) patients. Concomitant pathology was observed in 60.0% of patients. The capacity of the telemedicine center was 52.8 patients for one physician per shift.
CONCLUSIONS: The telemedicine structure of the center, which regulates the interactions of physicians with patients and other healthcare facilities, has enabled the appropriate use of human resources to ensure that therapeutic, diagnostic, and epidemiological activities are adequate and timely in outpatient settings.
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Andrey A. Tyazhelnikov
Consultative diagnostic clinic No. 121; N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: kdp121@zdrav.mos.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2191-0623
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, 87 Youthbutovskaya str., 117042, Moscow; MoscowNatalya V. Polunina
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Email: nvpol@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8772-4631
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation, MoscowElena V. Kostenko
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine of the Moscow City Health Department
Email: ekostenko58@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0629-9659
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, Moscow; MoscowValery S. Polunin
N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Email: lunapol@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2681-8527
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
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