Full Description
This book provides useful information on dealing with remote consultation, exploring the most frequent clinical scenarios and offering guidance on managing patients.
It represents a comprehensive manual on remote consultation, whether conducted by phone or video, structured in 4 sections. The first section presents the need for a paradigm shift and describes the epidemiology of remote consultation. It also addresses the feasibility and features of remote consultation in rural and low-income settings.
The second part guides the reader through the various steps of a consultation, emphasizing the significance of considering those phases as consequential and all having paramount importance. It also showcases different models for triage and consultation.
The third part of the book presents the most frequent clinical scenarios encountered. Finally, the fourth part explores the future landscape of consultation.
This book will be a valuable tool for Family Physicians, any other physician involved in remote consultation, and nurses.
Contents
The paradigm shift of remote consultation.- Epidemiology of telephone and remote consultation.- Remote healthcare around the world.- Legal issues and concerns.- Remote consultations: introduction.- Communication setting and skills on the telephone.- Communication setting skills on Video.- Consultation structure and models.- The essential questions.- Considering the patient's perspective.- Data gathering on the telephone.- Effective safety netting.- The management plan and ending the call.- Rashes.- Cardiovascular.- Respiratory, including dyspnea.- Neurology.- Paediatrics.- Older patients.- Emergencies.- Asynchronous consultations.- Virtual reality in medicine.- Clinical Decision Support Softwares.- Novel technologies.
