Articles: pandemics.
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Annals of family medicine · Apr 2022
Patients' experience with virtual care during COVID-19 pandemic in primary care practice.
Context: The advent of COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020 galvanized primary care practices into adopting telemedicine to be able to continue delivering care to patients safely. As recipients of care delivered virtually, capturing patients' experience is key to evaluating its success and shortcomings. Objective: To describe patients' experience and perceptions with virtual care during COVID-19 pandemic. ⋯ Interestingly, 84% (n=496) of responders had smart phones and only 28% had computers with video cameras. Conclusion: Patients have varying experiences in virtual care which should be taken into consideration as this method of care delivery becomes more integrated into primary care practice. Majority of patients surveyed had access to smartphones than computers with video camera which creates an opportunity for exploring the use of this modality to expand care delivered through telemedicine.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2022
[The views of cancer out-patients on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic].
This study investigates current needs and psychosocial burden of out-patients with cancer during the COVID-19-Pandemic. ⋯ Corona-specific distress of cancer patients relates in particular to the course of therapy, but also to a possible overload of the health care system. Oncology care teams should allow space for questions from their patients, acknowledge possible uncertainties, provide emotional support, and draw attention to reliable sources of information.