The role of telemedicine as a digital transformation of (orthopedic) patient care in the pandemic era
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https://doi.org/10.31282/joti.v3n3.60Keywords:
telemedicine, digital transformation, patient care, pandemic eraAbstract
The world was shocked on March 11, 2020, as the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic of a virus named SARS-CoV-2, which its first case was reported in China in December 2019. The world stopped spinning for a while, as the COVID-19 global pandemic hit us hard which caused significant burdens to the global health care systems. It is much understandable that a huge concern and anxiety has been roaring around both patients and health care providers concerning the health crisis. Perhaps, the only silver lining of all this challenging period is that ongoing public health urgently needs a reformation of its system. One of the most elemental changes has been the application of telemedicine into daily basis clinical care.
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The role of telemedicine as a digital transformation of (orthopedic) patient care in the pandemic era
