Continuity of care for patients with dementia during COVID-19 pandemic : flexibility and integration between in-person and remote visits
Copyright © 2024 Emedoli, Houdayer, Della Rosa, Zito, Brugliera, Cimino, Padul, Tettamanti, Iannaccone and Alemanno..
Introduction: During the pandemic, the Cognitive Disorders Unit of San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy) offered patients the opportunity to undergo neuropsychological evaluations and cognitive training through telemedicine.
Method: We conducted an investigation to assess how patients responded to this option and to determine if telemedicine could ensure continuity of care.
Results: Between October 2019 and May 2022, a total of 5,768 telemedicine appointments and 8,190 in-person outpatient appointments were conducted, resulting in an increase in the rate of telemedicine activity from 16.81% in January 2020 to 23.21% in May 2022. Peaks in telemedicine activity reached 85.64% in May 2020 and 83.65% in February 2021, both representing a significant portion of the total activity. Interestingly, there was a notable positive correlation between telemedicine activity and the worsening of the Italian pandemic (r = 0.433, p = 0.027).
Discussion: During the peaks of contagion, the total number of visits remained stable, highlighting that telemedicine effectively served as a valuable and efficient tool to ensure continuity of care for vulnerable patients. This was evident from the integration of remote visits with in-person appointments.
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2023 |
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11 |
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Frontiers in public health - 11(2023) vom: 30., Seite 1301949 |
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Englisch |
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Emedoli, Daniele [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 24.01.2024 Date Revised 24.01.2024 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.3389/fpubh.2023.1301949 |
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| 520 | |a Introduction: During the pandemic, the Cognitive Disorders Unit of San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy) offered patients the opportunity to undergo neuropsychological evaluations and cognitive training through telemedicine | ||
| 520 | |a Method: We conducted an investigation to assess how patients responded to this option and to determine if telemedicine could ensure continuity of care | ||
| 520 | |a Results: Between October 2019 and May 2022, a total of 5,768 telemedicine appointments and 8,190 in-person outpatient appointments were conducted, resulting in an increase in the rate of telemedicine activity from 16.81% in January 2020 to 23.21% in May 2022. Peaks in telemedicine activity reached 85.64% in May 2020 and 83.65% in February 2021, both representing a significant portion of the total activity. Interestingly, there was a notable positive correlation between telemedicine activity and the worsening of the Italian pandemic (r = 0.433, p = 0.027) | ||
| 520 | |a Discussion: During the peaks of contagion, the total number of visits remained stable, highlighting that telemedicine effectively served as a valuable and efficient tool to ensure continuity of care for vulnerable patients. This was evident from the integration of remote visits with in-person appointments | ||
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