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. 2020 May:126:104345.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2020.104345. Epub 2020 Apr 4.

COVID-19 and telemedicine: Immediate action required for maintaining healthcare providers well-being

Bobak Moazzami  1 , Niloofar Razavi-Khorasani  1 , Arash Dooghaie Moghadam  1 , Ermia Farokhi  1 , Nima Rezaei  2
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COVID-19 and telemedicine: Immediate action required for maintaining healthcare providers well-being

Bobak Moazzami et al. J Clin Virol. 2020 May.

Abstract

The well-being of the health care workforce is the cornerstone of every well-functioning health system. As a result of the pandemic, medical healthcare providers are under an enormous amount of workload pressure along with increased total health expenditures. The overwhelming burden of COVID-19 illness could lead to caregiver burnout. Direct-to-consumer telemedicine can enable patients to connect with their healthcare provider at a distance. This virtual platform could be used by smartphones or webcam-enabled computers and allows physicians to effectively screen patients with early signs of COVID-19 before they reach to hospital.

Keywords: COVID-19; Causes; Epidemiology; Telemedicine; Triage.

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