Telehealth: "virtual" lifeline for home-ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chun Ian Soo; Yeow Chan; Ee Chin Loh; Yong Kek Pang

doi:10.1183/23120541.00399-2020

Telehealth: "virtual" lifeline for home-ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Sep 28;6(3):00399-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00399-2020. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Chun Ian Soo¹, Yeow Chan², Ee Chin Loh³, Yong Kek Pang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonology Unit, Dept of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Dept of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Director of Home Ventilation and Respiratory Support Service, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Palliative Unit, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Jalan Universiti, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Jalan Universiti, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Telehealth appears useful to fill in the void for home-ventilated patients to maintain the much-needed connectivity with their healthcare team during the #COVID19 pandemic https://bit.ly/3ftvjxW.