Abrupt change to telephone follow-up clinics in a regional rheumatology service during COVID-19: analysis of treatment decisions
Intern Med J. 2021 Jun;51(6):960-964. doi: 10.1111/imj.15336.
ABSTRACT
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown our rheumatology service provided follow up by phone. We reviewed clinic documents to compare patients serviced, and patient assessment and treatment outcomes. More patients received care during the lockdown but patient rheumatic disease was deemed active less frequently, more patients had no change to disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and patients were less likely to have an intervention arranged. This suggests careful patient selection and appropriate infrastructure should be part of future rheumatology telemedicine.
PMID:34155761 | DOI:10.1111/imj.15336
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