Telecommunications in Healthcare During a Pandemic
Summary
Social distancing is becoming the new norm and with the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an impact on how people seek medical assistance. Telecommunications in healthcare, i.e., telehealth, has been a safe route for most individuals seeking professional help but not feeling comfortable enough to attend the doctor’s office. Mon Health clinic in Fairmont, West Virginia has made the switch to telecom for checkups. Healthcare has transformed to a telehealth landscape extremely quickly by being an efficient, safe, and affordable solution for patients and care providers. There are various benefits to telehealth such as benign conditions that can receive medical care with low risk of germ exposure in waiting rooms, online screening to protect the medical staff of potential virus exposures, reaching rural patients more easily, and videoconferencing care practices for vulnerable patients.
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