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Telehealth in Pediatric Surgery Guidelines
Guideline · May 2022 · 1 min read
In brief
In brief
Clinical guidelines addressing the rapid adoption of telehealth in pediatric surgery following COVID-19. Documents the shift from 20% pre-pandemic usage to 82% adoption during the pandemic, providing framework for virtual care delivery in surgical practice.
- Telehealth adoption in pediatric surgery surged from 20% pre-pandemic to 82% during COVID-19.
- The pandemic accelerated rapid integration of virtual care models in pediatric surgical practice.
- Majority of pediatric surgeons (62%) initiated telehealth services specifically in response to COVID-19.
Written by the GCMD Library team from the guideline.
With the start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, the use of telehealth expanded quickly within healthcare, and pediatric surgery was no exception. According to a recent publication in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, while only 20% of pediatric surgeons utilized telehealth before the pandemic, an additional 62% began using it during the pandemic.
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