How telemedicine integrated into China's anti-COVID-19 strategies: case from a National Referral Center.

Peiyi LiXiaoyu LiuElizabeth MasonGuangyu HuYongzhao ZhouWeimin LiMohammad S Jalali

Published in: BMJ health & care informatics (2020)

From 1 February to 1 April 2020, 10557 online COVID-19 consultations were conducted for 6662 individuals; meanwhile, 32676 patients without COVID completed virtual follow-ups. We discuss that high-quality, secure, affordable and user-friendly telemedical platforms should be integrated into global healthcare systems to help decrease the transmission of the virus and protect healthcare providers from infection.

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