Establishing a remote clinical advice service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
coronavirus
delivery of healthcare
frailty
remote consultation
telemedicine
Journal
Future healthcare journal
ISSN: 2514-6645
Titre abrégé: Future Healthc J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101711246
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
entrez:
23
10
2020
pubmed:
24
10
2020
medline:
24
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Service redevelopment has taken place across the NHS in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At North Bristol NHS Trust, six vulnerable medical staff in non-patient facing roles set up a virtual advice service called 'Ask the Medical Reg'. This service aimed to provide senior medical support to inpatient and community teams for general medical and COVID-19-related queries. Here we outline the structure of our service and present data from the first 4 weeks of operation. We describe how the service has supported both junior doctors working within the hospital and GPs and paramedics, helping with complex decisions to prevent unnecessary admissions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33094265
doi: 10.7861/fhj.2020-0092
pii: futurehealth
pmc: PMC7571761
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e85-e87Informations de copyright
© Royal College of Physicians 2020. All rights reserved.
Références
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