Here in Nursing
Here in Nursing
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Patient Care in a Global Pandemic: Telehealth Rises to the Challenge (27)
14 minutes Posted Sep 20, 2021 at 11:00 am.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic drastically limiting in-person contact and appointments, healthcare providers had turn to a new tool—telehealth—to deliver care. It is no doubt that telehealth has had multiple benefits during the pandemic by expanding access to care, reducing disease exposure for staff and patients, preserving scarce PPE supplies and reducing patient demand on facilities. Listen in to hear more about the benefits and obstacles of this new avenue of care as well as its impacts on the future landscape of health care.