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- Title
Mixed benefits from virtual outpatient appointments: a patient perspective.
- Authors
Taylor-Robinson, S D
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered clinical service immeasurably, not least the provision of virtual outpatient appointments, which were originally seen to be a temporary measure to minimize contact and protect the vulnerable.[1] However, now virtual appointments are becoming part of routine practice.[2] It seems commonplace that doctors make decisions on patients whom they may never have met. As a retired physician, I had been struggling with longer-term respiratory complications of COVID-19.[3] One clever cardiologist had suggested that my continuing breathing difficulties might be due to sleep apnoea, as I had right heart strain on my electrocardiogram. However, to my surprise, I was contacted after the test (and without warning), by a junior doctor who did not introduce herself - my first discussion of any sort with a respiratory physician.
- Subjects
PATIENTS' attitudes; CONTINUOUS positive airway pressure
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2023, Vol 116, Issue 6, p468
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/hcac158