Conducting a Professional Telemedicine Visit Using High-Quality Webside Manner.

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Telemedicine
• Patient Communication

Background:

• Telemedicine adoption is increasing among healthcare providers and patients.
• Ensuring equivalent standards of care between in-person and virtual visits is essential.
• Professional standards for virtual care, or "webside manner," are less defined than traditional "bedside manner."

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide an overview of best practices for professionalism and patient interaction in virtual care.
• To examine specific applications of these best practices to allergy, asthma, and immunology visits.

Main Methods:

• Review of existing best practices for telemedicine professionalism.
• Analysis of core communication competencies and their translation to video interactions.
• Examination of specific applications within allergy, asthma, and immunology subspecialties.

Main Results:

• Best practices include pre-visit guidance and maintaining a professional virtual environment.
• Core communication and interpersonal competencies can be effectively translated to video visits.
• These practices are directly applicable to enhancing virtual care in allergy, asthma, and immunology.

Conclusions:

• Implementing defined "webside manner" best practices ensures quality virtual care.
• Professionalism and effective patient interaction are achievable in telemedicine settings.
• Specific guidance supports the application of these principles in allergy, asthma, and immunology.