Author: Mair, Jonathan; Woolley, Michelle; Grainger, Rebecca
Title: Abrupt change to telephone followâ€up clinics in a regional rheumatology service during COVIDâ€19: analysis of treatment decisions Cord-id: 1oxa9yj3 Document date: 2021_6_21
ID: 1oxa9yj3
Snippet: During the 2020 COVIDâ€19 lockdown our rheumatology service provided follow up by phone. We reviewed clinic documents to compare patients serviced, and patient assessment and treatment outcomes. More patients received care during the lockdown but patient rheumatic disease was deemed active less frequently, more patients had no change to diseaseâ€modifying antiâ€rheumatic drugs and patients were less likely to have an intervention arranged. This suggests careful patient selection and appropria
Document: During the 2020 COVIDâ€19 lockdown our rheumatology service provided follow up by phone. We reviewed clinic documents to compare patients serviced, and patient assessment and treatment outcomes. More patients received care during the lockdown but patient rheumatic disease was deemed active less frequently, more patients had no change to diseaseâ€modifying antiâ€rheumatic drugs and patients were less likely to have an intervention arranged. This suggests careful patient selection and appropriate infrastructure should be part of future rheumatology telemedicine.
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