The telehealth advantage: Supporting humanitarian disasters with remote solutions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2022.0423

Keywords:

telehealth, COVID-19, pandemic, remote

Abstract

Telehealth support can rapidly and significantly increase access to healthcare. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth not only supported patients with COVID symptoms but also improved access to the entire continuum of care, from critical care to mental health services.

 

Author Biographies

Shuhan He, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Sammer Marzouk

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Adi Balk

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel

Tehnaz Boyle, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Jarone Lee, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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04/01/2022

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He, MD, S., S. Marzouk, A. Balk, T. Boyle, MD, PhD, and J. Lee, MD, MPH. “The Telehealth Advantage: Supporting Humanitarian Disasters With Remote Solutions”. American Journal of Disaster Medicine, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2022, pp. 95-99, doi:10.5055/ajdm.2022.0423.

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2022): Spring

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