(Family Features) If there is a silver lining to the challenges the past year created for families, it may be the growth, availability and affordability of virtual care for medical and mental health needs. The ability to see a doctor from home, with little notice, offers a level of flexibi...
has been recently shown to play an important role in distance-based treatment during this pandemic (5–8), despite the lack of quality, evidence-based trials that exist (9). Telemedical solutions are often feasible and acceptable in delivering care to older adults in LTCFs, even in those wi...
[37]. Telemedicine can therefore contribute to a reduction in the patient’s travel burden, leading to a decentralization of care and improving the availability of resources for acute care. Though this aim has reduced relevance with the diffusion of the new DAA therapies, this model can be ...
Data Availability Statement Data are contained within the article. Raw data can be obtained from the corresponding authors on reasonable request. Acknowledgments The authors thank Kirsten Zupanc for her outstanding assistance in data acquisition.