From COVID-19 pandemic to patient safety: a new "spring" for telemedicine or a boomerang effect?

Francesco De Micco; Vittorio Fineschi; Giuseppe Banfi; Paola Frati; Antonio Oliva; Guido Vittorio Travaini; Mario Picozzi; Giuseppe Curcio; Leandro Pecchia; Tommasangelo Petitti; Rossana Alloni; Enrico Rosati; Anna De Benedictis; Vittoradolfo Tambone

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From COVID-19 pandemic to patient safety: a new "spring" for telemedicine or a boomerang effect?

July 27, 2022

De Micco F, Fineschi V, Banfi G, et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022;9:901788.

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in the use of telehealth. This article summarizes several challenges that need to be addressed (e.g., human factors, provider-patient relationships, structural, and technological factors) in order to support continuous improvement in the safety of health care delivered via telemedicine.

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