Telemedicine consultation for the clinical cardiologists in the era of COVID-19 : present and future. Consensus document of the Spanish Society of Cardiology

© 2020 Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved..

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed how we view our consultations. To reduce the risk of spread in the most vulnerable patients (those with heart disease) and health personnel, most face-to-face consultations have been replaced by telemedicine consultations. Although this change has been rapidly introduced, it will most likely become a permanent feature of clinical practice. Nevertheless, there remain serious doubts about organizational and legal issues, as well as the possibilities for improvement etc. In this consensus document of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, we attempt to provide some keys to improve the quality of care in this new way of working, reviewing the most frequent heart diseases attended in the cardiology outpatient clinic and proposing some minimal conditions for this health care process. These heart diseases are ischemic heart disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias. In these 3 scenarios, we attempt to clarify the basic issues that must be checked during the telephone interview, describe the patients who should attend in person, and identify the criteria to refer patients for follow-up in primary care. This document also describes some improvements that can be introduced in telemedicine consultations to improve patient care.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de cardiologia - 73(2020), 11 vom: 18. Nov., Seite 910-918

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

La consulta telemática para el cardiólogo clínico en tiempos de la COVID-19: presente y futuro. Documento de consenso de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología

Beteiligte Personen:

Barrios, Vivencio [VerfasserIn]
Cosín-Sales, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Bravo, Marisol [VerfasserIn]
Escobar, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Gámez, José M [VerfasserIn]
Huelmos, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Ortiz Cortés, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Egocheaga, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
García-Pinilla, José Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez-Candil, Javier [VerfasserIn]
López-de-Sá, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Torres Llergo, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Obaya, Juan Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Pallares-Carratalá, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Sanmartín, Marcelo [VerfasserIn]
Vidal-Pérez, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Cequier, Ángel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arrhythmias
English Abstract
Heart failure
Ischemic heart disease
Journal Article
Telemedicine

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Date Revised 27.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.recesp.2020.06.027

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NLM314101039