Use of Asynchronous Interprofessional e-Consults in Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current and Future Role. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The COVID-19 pandemic created a unique challenge to health care systems, requiring rapid implementation of telemedicine services to provide continued care to patients while preserving personal protective equipment and decreasing the risk of disease transmission. Herein, we describe how our institution, an urban cancer center, utilized provider-to-provider telemedicine consultations (interprofessional e-consults) to provide subspecialty access to care to vulnerable patients in the epicenter of a global pandemic.

publication date

  • June 28, 2022

Research

keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Neoplasms
  • Telemedicine

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85147721016

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1089/tmj.2021.0531

PubMed ID

  • 35763832

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 2