Abstract
Telemedicine has been used for enhancing the care of patients for over 50 years. The medical-industrial complex has made prodigious strides with the development of technologies in radiology, minimally invasive surgery, emergency medicine, general medicine, and medical informatics. Such technologies have connected with advances in broadband communications to make telemedicine a seamless aspect of medical training and patient care. In the setting of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the medical community has been stimulated to expand and innovate ways to provide high-quality care to address a shortage of physicians, gaps in access, travel restrictions, and social-distancing requirements. In this document, we will address discourse and evolving guidelines regarding the increasing relevance of telemedicine in the current surgical landscape, obstacles and possible solutions, practical benefits, reliability, learning curves, and recommendations for safe and efficacious telemedicine applications.
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Perez, J.S., Tsuda, S. (2022). Teleproctoring in Surgery. In: Romanelli, J.R., Dort, J.M., Kowalski, R.B., Sinha, P. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94610-4_32
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