Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice
The declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid implementation of telehealth across all neurological subspecialties. Transitioning to telehealth technology can be challenging for physicians and health care facilities with no prior experience. Here, we describe our experience at the Neuro...
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| description | The declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid implementation of telehealth across all neurological subspecialties. Transitioning to telehealth technology can be challenging for physicians and health care facilities with no prior experience. Here, we describe our experience at the Neurology and Sleep Disorders Clinic at the University of Missouri-Columbia of successful transition of all in-person clinic visits to telehealth visits within a span of 2 weeks with a collaborative effort of clinic staff and the leadership. Within a month of launch, 18 clinic providers with no prior telehealth experience conducted 1451 telehealth visits, which was the 2nd highest number of telehealth visits conducted by any department at the University of Missouri-Columbia Health Care system. Lack of connectivity, poor video/audio quality, and unavailability of smart devices among rural populations were the important shortcomings identified during our telehealth experience. Our study highlighted the need for expansion of high-speed internet access across rural Missouri. We hope our experience will help other health care facilities to learn and incorporate telehealth technology at their facilities, overcome the associated challenges, and serve patient needs while limiting the spread of the COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a665378d8364522bbaa91cc67fc21922025-02-03T06:01:01ZengWileyInternational Journal of Telemedicine and Applications1687-64232022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4776328Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic PracticeNakul Katyal0Naureen Narula1Raghav Govindarajan2Pradeep Sahota3Department of NeurologyDepartment of Pulmonology and Critical Care MedicineDepartment of NeurologyDepartment of NeurologyThe declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid implementation of telehealth across all neurological subspecialties. Transitioning to telehealth technology can be challenging for physicians and health care facilities with no prior experience. Here, we describe our experience at the Neurology and Sleep Disorders Clinic at the University of Missouri-Columbia of successful transition of all in-person clinic visits to telehealth visits within a span of 2 weeks with a collaborative effort of clinic staff and the leadership. Within a month of launch, 18 clinic providers with no prior telehealth experience conducted 1451 telehealth visits, which was the 2nd highest number of telehealth visits conducted by any department at the University of Missouri-Columbia Health Care system. Lack of connectivity, poor video/audio quality, and unavailability of smart devices among rural populations were the important shortcomings identified during our telehealth experience. Our study highlighted the need for expansion of high-speed internet access across rural Missouri. We hope our experience will help other health care facilities to learn and incorporate telehealth technology at their facilities, overcome the associated challenges, and serve patient needs while limiting the spread of the COVID-19.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4776328 |
| spellingShingle | Nakul Katyal Naureen Narula Raghav Govindarajan Pradeep Sahota Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications |
| title | Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice |
| title_full | Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice |
| title_short | Setting Up a Teleneurology Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience from an Academic Practice |
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