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ReviewThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice2020

Work Group Report: COVID-19: Unmasking Telemedicine.

Nathan Hare, Priya Bansal, Sakina S Bajowala, Stuart L Abramson, Sheva Chervinskiy, Robert Corriel, David W Hauswirth, Sujani Kakumanu, Reena Mehta, Quratulain Rashid and 3 more

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Review in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The Role of Access and Cost-Effectiveness in Managing Asthma: A Systematic Review.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022
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  2. Preference for and impact of telehealth vs in-person asthma visits among Black and Latinx adults.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2023
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  9. SonoGif.com: A Free Online Tool to Remove Protected Health Information From Any Ultrasound Clip.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  10. Addressing Occupational Dysfunction via Telehealth: A Scoping Review.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2025
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  16. Testosterone replacement therapy in the era of telemedicine.International journal of impotence research · 2022
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  17. Telehealth and Allergy Services in Rural and Regional Locations That Lack Specialty Services.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022
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  18. The Future of Telehealth for Allergic Disease.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022
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  20. Using Telemedicine to Care for the Asthma Patient.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nathan HareUPMC Susquehanna Health Allergy, Williamsport, Pa.
Priya BansalDepartment of Allergy and Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Wellness Center, Saint Charles, Ill.
Sakina S BajowalaKaneland Allergy & Asthma Center, North Aurora, Ill; Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Ill.
Stuart L AbramsonShannon Clinic/Shannon Medical Center, San Angelo, Tex.
Sheva ChervinskiyUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark.
Robert CorrielPartner ProHealth Care, LLP (Optum), New York, NY.
David W HauswirthOhio ENT and Allergy Physicians, Columbus, Ohio; Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Sujani KakumanuUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and William S. Middleton Veterans Memorial Hospital, Madison, Wis.
Reena MehtaUptown Allergy & Asthma, New Orleans, La.
Quratulain RashidDivision of Allergy Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Michael R RuppThe Allergy & Asthma Clinic of Southern New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM.
Jennifer ShihPediatrics and Medicine Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Giselle S MosnaimDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill. Electronic address: Gmosnaim@northshore.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telemedicine adoption has rapidly accelerated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine provides increased access to medical care and helps to mitigate risk by conserving personal protective equipment and providing for social/physical distancing to continue to treat patients with a variety of allergic and immunologic conditions. During this time, many allergy and immunology clinicians have needed to adopt telemedicine expeditiously in their practices while studying the complex and variable issues surrounding its regulation and reimbursement. Some concerns have been temporarily alleviated since March 2020 to aid with patient care in the setting of COVID-19. Other changes are ongoing at the time of this publication. Members of the Telemedicine Work Group in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) completed a telemedicine literature review of online and Pub Med resources through May 9, 2020, to detail Pre-COVID-19 telemedicine knowledge and outline up-to-date telemedicine material. This work group report was developed to provide guidance to allergy/immunology clinicians as they navigate the swiftly evolving telemedicine landscape.

Indexed as

Allergy and ImmunologyBetacoronavirusClinical CodingComputer SecurityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Health Services AccessibilityHumansHypersensitivityInfection ControlInsurance, Health, ReimbursementPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Societies, MedicalTelemedicineBillingCodingTelehealthTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID32603900
PMCPMC7320693

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