Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to face-to-face communication with people residing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Telemedicine is an alternative, but facility staff may be overburdened with the management of the equipment. Here we introduce the use of a mobile HIPPA-compliant telepresence robot (MTR) to bridge this barrier, which may be beneficial to reimagine options for PALTC in the future.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 311-314.e2 |
Journal | Journal of the American Medical Directors Association |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2022 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Telemedicine
- long-term care
- nursing home staff burden
- robotics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing
- Health Policy
- Geriatrics and Gerontology