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. 2020 Jun;2(6):e282-e285.
doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(20)30104-7. Epub 2020 May 6.

Virtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce

Lee H Schwamm  1   2   3 , Juan Estrada  1 , Alistair Erskine  2   3 , Adam Licurse  2   4   3
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Virtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce

Lee H Schwamm et al. Lancet Digit Health. 2020 Jun.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Screenshot taken during a virtual round The screenshot is from the perspective of a home-based participant (LHS; lower right video panel) joining rounds, while six other teams members have joined from their own devices and are shown in the lower row of images as icons or actual video capture. A patient with suspected seizures is being reviewed, and an area of frontotemporal phase reversing spikes is highlighted by the on-screen white cursor controlled by the attending physician, indicated here for clarity with the large blue arrow.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The video intercom communications system The system is displayed from the perspective of simulated patient (JE) who is speaking with a health-care worker (LHS) who is using a desktop computer and headphones for enhanced patient privacy (A). A back (B) and front (C) view of the system deployed in a patient room, and a nurse accessing the device on a hospital-configured and hospital-issued smartphone device (D).
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