ArticleIndian journal of palliative care2020
Smartphone-Based Telemedicine Service at Palliative Care Unit during Nationwide Lockdown: Our Initial Experience at a Tertiary Care Cancer Hospital.
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- How is Telehealth Used to Increase Access to Specialty Palliative Care? A Systematic Review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Pooled it
- Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adult Cancer Patients through Telehealth Adoption: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
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- A mixed-methods systematic review investigating the use of digital health interventions to provide palliative and end-of-life care for patients in low- and middle-income countries.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Review
- Virtual home-based palliative care during COVID-19: A qualitative exploration of the patient, caregiver, and healthcare provider experience.Palliative medicine · 2022Article
- Protocol for an integrative review: patient and families' perspectives on telehealth in palliative care.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Challenges in delivering primary care via telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic in India: A review synthesis using systems approach.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Harnessing New and Existing Virtual Platforms to Meet the Demand for Increased Inpatient Palliative Care Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 5 Key Themes Literature Review of the Characteristics and Barriers of These Evolving Technologies.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2022Review
- Application of Smartphone Technologies in Disease Monitoring: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Telemedicine as an Acceptable Model of Care in Advanced stage Cancer Patients in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 - An Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Centre.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsWith the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, and fear from contagion, the advantages of telemedicine are clearly outweighing the setbacks by minimizing the need for individuals to visit health-care facilities. Our study aims to assess how palliative medicine physicians could follow up on cancer patients and barriers they faced, discuss their results, and evaluate their treatment response with the help of telemedicine. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe conducted a prospective analysis of the smartphone-based telemedicine service at our palliative care (PC) unit from March 25, 2020, to May 13, 2020. We recorded the patient's reason for call, main barriers to a hospital visit, and the assistance given to them by the physician on call. Each caller was asked to measure his/her satisfaction with the service on a 4-point scale.
resultsOut of 314 patients, 143 (45.54%) belonged to Delhi and 171 (54.46%) belonged to other states. 157 patients sought help for symptom management; 86 patients needed to restock their opioid medications. Seventy-one patients required information regarding their oncological treatments requiring consultation from other departments. Titration of oral opioids and medication prescription (
conclusionTelemedicine is the future of health-care delivery systems. In PC, we deal with immunocompromised debilitated cancer patients and telemedicine is immensely helpful for us to provide holistic integrated care to these patients who are unable to visit hospitals regularly.
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