The Development of Telemedicine and eHealth in Surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
Anas TahaBara SaadBassey EnodienMarta BachmannDaniel M FreyStephanie Taha-MehlitzPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
SARS-CoV-2 has hampered healthcare systems worldwide, but some countries have found new opportunities and methods to combat it. In this study, we focused on the rapid growth of telemedicine during the pandemic around the world. We conducted a systematic literature review of all the articles published up to the present year, 2021, by following the requirements of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework. The data extracted comprised eHealth and telemedicine in surgery globally, and independently in Europe, the United States, and Switzerland. This review explicitly included fifty-nine studies. Out of all the articles included, none of them found that telemedicine causes poor outcomes in patients. Telemedicine has created a new path in the world of healthcare, revolutionizing how healthcare is delivered to patients and developing alternative methods for clinicians.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- meta analyses
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- coronavirus disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- electronic health record
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- artificial intelligence
- deep learning
- health information
- patient reported
- drug induced
- big data
- adverse drug
- data analysis
- skeletal muscle