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Amy E Rabatin1,2, Mary E Lynch3, Matthew C Severson3
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Insights
Telemedicine, or telerehabilitation medicine, offers numerous benefits for pediatric rehabilitation care, including increased access and reduced exposure risks. This approach is likely to remain a key part of future medical services if barriers are addressed.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Care
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telemedicine in healthcare.
- Telemedicine, specifically telerehabilitation medicine, offers a viable alternative to in-person visits for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) providers.
- Traditional in-person care presents challenges related to physical distancing and potential COVID-19 exposure.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a foundation for the efficiency and effectiveness of pediatric telerehabilitation medicine visits.
- To highlight the benefits and potential future role of telerehabilitation medicine in PRM.
- To address the transition from in-person care to technology-enabled telemedicine.
Main Methods:
- The study focuses on the benefits and potential of telerehabilitation medicine visits within Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.
- It reviews the advantages of virtual care delivery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The paper aims to lay groundwork for optimizing pediatric telerehabilitation.
Main Results:
- Telerehabilitation medicine provides timely, patient- and family-centered care.
- Benefits include reduced COVID-19 exposure, improved access in rural areas, virtual in-home equipment evaluation, and decreased travel burden.
- These advantages suggest telerehabilitation medicine will be integral to future care models.
Conclusions:
- Telerehabilitation medicine offers significant advantages for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.
- Its continued integration depends on overcoming existing barriers to telemedicine.
- The study advocates for telerehabilitation medicine as a sustainable component of future pediatric care.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many changes in medicine including the transition from providing care in person to providing care via technology enabled telemedicine. The benefits of telemedicine visits with a Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) provider, also known as telerehabilitation medicine visits, are numerous. Telerehabilitation medicine provides an opportunity to deliver timely, patient and family-centric rehabilitation care while maintaining physical distance and reducing potential COVID-19 exposure for our patients, their caregivers and medical providers. Telerehabilitation medicine also allows for access to PRM care in rural areas or areas without medical specialty, virtual in-home equipment evaluation, and reduced travel burden. Because of these and many other benefits, telerehabilitation medicine will likely become part of our ongoing model of care if barriers to telemedicine continue to be lowered or removed. This paper is intended to establish a foundation for pediatric telerehabilitation medicine visit efficiency and effectiveness in our current environment and into the future.
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