Paskins, Z, Crawford-Manning, F, Bullock, L and Jinks, C (2020) Identifying and managing osteoporosis before and after COVID-19: rise of the remote consultation? Osteoporosis International. ISSN 0937-941X

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on the lives of people living with, and at risk of osteoporosis and those caring for them. With osteoporosis outpatient and Fracture Liaison Services on pause, healthcare organisations have already moved to delivering new and follow up consultations remotely, where staffing permits, by telephone or video. In this review, we consider different models of remote care delivery, the evidence for their use, and the possible implications of COVID-19 on osteoporosis services.
Telemedicine is a global term used to describe any use of telecommunication systems to deliver healthcare from a distance and encompasses a range of different scenarios from remote clinical data transfer to remote clinician-patient interactions. Across a range of conditions and contexts, there remains unclear evidence on the acceptability of telemedicine and the effect on healthcare costs. Within the context of osteoporosis management, there is some limited evidence to suggest telemedicine approaches are acceptable to patients but unclear evidence on whether telemedicine approaches support informed drug adherence. Gaps in the evidence pertain to the acceptability and benefits of using telemedicine in populations with hearing, cognitive or visual impairments and in those with limited health literacy.
There is an urgent need for further heath service evaluation and research to address the impact of remote healthcare delivery during COVID-19 outbreak on patient care, and in the longer term, to identify acceptability, cost- and clinical-effectiveness of remote care delivery on outcomes of relevance to people living with osteoporosis.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: osteoporosis, telemedicine, FLS, COVID-19
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Primary, Community and Social Care
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 21 May 2020 15:16
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2021 01:30
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/7996

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