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The Neuroscience Chronicles

ISSN: 2767-3405

Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/Neuroscience.2.008

A commentary on telehealth and telemedicine in the COVID-19 era: A world of opportunities for the neurosurgeon

A. H. M. Ataullah1, Sabrina Rahman2, Md Nazmul Huda Ridoy3, Nilyufar Turaeva4, Ivan David Lozada-Martinez5, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar6, Md Moshiur Rahman7
  • 1Medical Officer, Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barishal, Bangladesh
  • 2Department of Public Health, Independent University- Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • 3Jahurul Islam Medical College, Bajitpur, Bangladesh
  • 4Resident Doctor, Republican Scientific Centre of Neurosurgery, Uzbekistan
  • 5University of Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia
  • 6Center for Biomedical Research (CIB), Faculty of Medicine, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia
  • 7Neurosurgery Department, Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Corresponding Author

Md Moshiur Rahman, dr.tutul@yahoo.com

Received Date: September 09, 2020

Accepted Date: December 15, 2020

Citation:

Ataullah AHM, Rahman S, Ridoy MNH, Turaeva N, LozadaMartinez ID, Moscote-Salazar LR, et al. A commentary on telehealth and telemedicine in the COVID-19 era: A world of opportunities for the neurosurgeon. Neurosci Chron2021; 2(1):9-10.


Copyright: © 2021 Ataullah AHM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced unprecedented conditions and difficulties for the global delivery of healthcare services. In this situation, all the healthcare employees, including neurosurgeons are facing many complexities. Telemedicine has decreased the spread of infection between neurosurgeons and patients. In neurosurgery, telemedicine is underused for regulatory questions, infrastructure restrictions, litigation and responsibility issues, and patient confidentiality concerns. Technological advancements can help patients benefit from the adaptation of new techniques as it is a promising and powerful tool for the neurosurgical treatment of patients during the COVID-19 era.

Keywords

Telehealth, Telemedicine, COVID-19, Neurosurgery

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