Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Sonu Bhaskar^{1

2

3}, Sian Bradley^{1

4}, Vijay Kumar Chattu^{1

5}, Anil Adisesh^{1

5}, Alma Nurtazina^{1

6}, Saltanat Kyrykbayeva^{1

6}, Sateesh Sakhamuri^{1

7}, Sanni Yaya^{1

8}, Thankam Sunil^{1

9}, Pravin Thomas^{1

10}, Viviana Mucci^{1

11}, Sebastian Moguilner^{1

12}, Simon Israel-Korn^{1

13}, Jason Alacapa^{1

14}, Abha Mishra^{1

15}, Shawna Pandya^{1

16}, Starr Schroeder^{1

17}, Ashish Atreja^{1

18}, Maciej Banach^{1

19

20}, Daniel Ray^{1

21}

Affiliations

¹ Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Neurology, Liverpool Hospital and South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory & NSW Brain Clot Bank, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine Sydney, South West Sydney Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan.
⁷ The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁸ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁹ Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
¹¹ School of Science, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹² Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
¹³ Movement Disorders Institute, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan & Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
¹⁴ metaHealth Insights and Innovation, Manila, Philippines.
¹⁵ Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
¹⁶ University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services and Project PoSSUM, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital and Project PoSSUM, Lancaster, PA, United States.
¹⁸ Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
¹⁹ Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI) in Lodz, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland.
²⁰ Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
²¹ Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London (UCL) & NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

PMID: 33178656
PMCID: PMC7596287
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.556720

Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

Sonu Bhaskar et al. Front Public Health. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 16:8:556720.

doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.556720. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Pandemic Health System REsilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) Consortium, REPROGRAM Telemedicine Sub-committee, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Neurology, Liverpool Hospital and South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory & NSW Brain Clot Bank, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Medicine Sydney, South West Sydney Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan.
⁷ The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁸ School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁹ Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
¹¹ School of Science, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹² Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
¹³ Movement Disorders Institute, Department of Neurology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan & Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
¹⁴ metaHealth Insights and Innovation, Manila, Philippines.
¹⁵ Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
¹⁶ University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services and Project PoSSUM, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital and Project PoSSUM, Lancaster, PA, United States.
¹⁸ Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
¹⁹ Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI) in Lodz, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland.
²⁰ Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
²¹ Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London (UCL) & NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

PMID: 33178656
PMCID: PMC7596287
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.556720

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine globally. The current consortium critically examines the telemedicine frameworks, identifies gaps in its implementation and investigates the changes in telemedicine framework/s during COVID-19 across the globe. Streamlining of global public health preparedness framework that is interoperable and allow for collaboration and sharing of resources, in which telemedicine is an integral part of the public health response during outbreaks such as COVID-19, should be pursued. With adequate reinforcement, telemedicine has the potential to act as the "safety-net" of our public health response to an outbreak. Our focus on telemedicine must shift to the developing and under-developing nations, which carry a disproportionate burden of vulnerable communities who are at risk due to COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; digital technologies; framework; geographics; health policy; recommendations (guidelines); telehealth; telemedicine.

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Various regional and structural factors in telemedicine framework development and implementation.

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Telemedicine Across the Globe-Position Paper From the COVID-19 Pandemic Health System Resilience PROGRAM (REPROGRAM) International Consortium (Part 1)

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