Telemedicine

In this exclusive video, Gregory S. Sayuk, MD, MPH, of the division of gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses how providers and patients have adapted to changes implemented in gastroenterology practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artificial intelligence technologies and virtual care opportunities have been pushed to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic and may change the way health care is provided worldwide post-pandemic, a Microsoft executive said during an Eyecelerator LiveStream presentation.

In a recent interview, C. Jonathan D. Foster, DO, a gastroenterologist at Jefferson Washington Township Hospital in New Jersey, said telemedicine will continue to be a “game changer” for patients after the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the top story in gastroenterology last week.

Pilot study evaluated accuracy of remote platform with novel machine learning algorithm to predict HF exacerbation.

The rate at which the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated makes the days (all of 2 weeks ago) when I was asking patients to reschedule if they showed any signs of illness seem quaint. Now, like most of you, we are fully shut down.

Using telemedicine technology to consult with patients is a valuable resource for physicians during the global coronavirus pandemic. However, physicians may be wary of using the technology if it means sharing personal information with patients.

Use of voice signal analysis, an emerging noninvasive biomarker, may identify patients with congestive HF who are at highest risk for 20-month hospitalization or mortality, using voice analysis, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

In this exclusive video series, Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, medical director of the Digestive Health Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents to gastroenterology practices, as well as how it might change them in the future. In this video, he told Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease how practices will have to manage all the postponed procedures, the future of telehealth and the need to integrate medical care between states and health care systems.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has affected the practice of medicine across all specialties, but with recently expanded CMS telehealth guidelines, ophthalmologists now have an opportunity to begin using telemedicine much more often to the benefit of both patients and providers.

Primary Care Optometry News previously spoke to doctors of optometry around the country about changes they have made in their practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, including canceling non-emergency visits and introducing telemedicine to their clinics.