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Experience of video consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic in elderly population for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders.

Postgrad Med J · 2020-10-02

DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138846PMID: 33008959

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We have not been prepared for the current pandemic which has hit us hard. COVID-19, being a very contagious disease, one has to be very careful and diligent in caring for our patients keeping safety in mind all the time. For day-to-day care, new norms have been adopted for inpatient care. For outpatient care, the face-to-face (F2F) clinics were cancelled and instead telephone consultations were started. However, it has its own limitations. Unfortunately, there were patients who would need F2F consultation but could not come to the clinic due to the infection risks. For those patients, video consultation was started, which was an innovation in practice. The National Health Service has an Attend Anywhere clinic, as part of transformation in service, which enabled remote consultation with a better outcome than telephone clinics. However, it has its own limitation as not everyone could use it.

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