The role of telehealth in pediatric emergency care.

Autor: Saidinejad M; The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor UCLA Torrance California USA.; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles California USA., Barata I; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Northwell Health Manhasset New York USA., Foster A; Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA., Ruttan TK; Dell Medical School at the University of Texas Austin Texas USA., Waseem M; Lincoln Medical Center Bronx New York USA.; Weill Cornell Medicine New York USA., Holtzman DK; Summerville Medical Center Summerville South Carolina USA., Benjamin LS; Trinity Health St. Joseph Medical Center Ann Arbor Michigan USA., Shahid S; American College of Emergency Physicians Irving Texas USA., Berg K; Dell Medical School at the University of Texas Austin Texas USA., Wallin D; University of California, San Francisco San Francisco California USA., Atabaki SM; The George Washington University, School of Medicine Children's National Hospital Washington District of Columbia USA., Joseph MM; University of Florida Jacksonville Florida USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open [J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open] 2023 Apr 26; Vol. 4 (3), pp. e12952. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 26 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12952
Abstrakt: In 2006, the Institute of Medicine published a report titled "Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains," in which it described pediatric emergency care as uneven at best. Since then, telehealth has emerged as one of the great equalizers in care of children, particularly for those in rural and underresourced communities. Clinicians in these settings may lack pediatric-specific specialization or experience in caring for critically ill or injured children. Telehealth consultation can provide timely and safe management for many medical problems in children and can prevent many unnecessary and often long transport to a pediatric center while avoiding delays in care, especially for time-sensitive and acute interventions. Telehealth is an important component of pediatric readiness of hospitals and is a valuable tool in facilitating health care access in low resourced and critical access areas. This paper provides an overview of meaningful applications of telehealth programs in pediatric emergency medicine, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these services, and highlights challenges in setting up, adopting, and maintaining telehealth services.
Competing Interests: None of the authors have any conflict of interest to declare.
(© 2023 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Emergency Physicians.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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