Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a positive single-stranded RNA virus that can be immediately translated and integrated into the host cell with its own RNA messenger, facilitating replication inside the cell and infectivity. The rapid progression of the disease presents a real challenge for the w...

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Autores: Vidal Alaball, Josep, Acosta Rojas, Emilia Ruthy, Pastor Hernández, Nuria, Sanchez Luque, Unai, Morrison, Danielle, Narejos Pérez, Silvia, Perez-Llano, Jesús, Salvador Verges, Àngels, López Seguí, Francesc, 1991-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/46745
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/46745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aprim.2020.04.003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telemedicine
Coronavirus
Viruses
Infections
Outbreak
Covid-19
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title Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Vidal Alaball, Josep
Telemedicine
Coronavirus
Viruses
Infections
Outbreak
Covid-19
title_short Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort Telemedicine in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vidal Alaball, Josep
Acosta Rojas, Emilia Ruthy
Pastor Hernández, Nuria
Sanchez Luque, Unai
Morrison, Danielle
Narejos Pérez, Silvia
Perez-Llano, Jesús
Salvador Verges, Àngels
López Seguí, Francesc, 1991-
author Vidal Alaball, Josep
author_facet Vidal Alaball, Josep
Acosta Rojas, Emilia Ruthy
Pastor Hernández, Nuria
Sanchez Luque, Unai
Morrison, Danielle
Narejos Pérez, Silvia
Perez-Llano, Jesús
Salvador Verges, Àngels
López Seguí, Francesc, 1991-
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author2 Acosta Rojas, Emilia Ruthy
Pastor Hernández, Nuria
Sanchez Luque, Unai
Morrison, Danielle
Narejos Pérez, Silvia
Perez-Llano, Jesús
Salvador Verges, Àngels
López Seguí, Francesc, 1991-
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author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Telemedicine
Coronavirus
Viruses
Infections
Outbreak
Covid-19
topic Telemedicine
Coronavirus
Viruses
Infections
Outbreak
Covid-19
description The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a positive single-stranded RNA virus that can be immediately translated and integrated into the host cell with its own RNA messenger, facilitating replication inside the cell and infectivity. The rapid progression of the disease presents a real challenge for the whole world. As the usual capacity for citizen care is exceeded, health professionals and governments struggle. One of the most important strategies to reduce and mitigate the advance of the epidemic are social distance measures; this is where telemedicine can help, and provide support to the healthcare systems, especially in the areas of public health, prevention and clinical practices, just as it is doing in others sectors. Telemedicine connects the convenience, low cost, and ready accessibility of health-related information and communication using the Internet and associated technologies. Telemedicine during the coronavirus epidemic has been the doctors’ first line of defense to slow the spread of the coronavirus, keeping social distancing and providing services by phone or videoconferencing for mild to focus personal care and limited supplies to the most urgent cases.
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