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COVID-19 Forced Healthcare Professionals to Work Through and
Around Historical Obstacles to Telemedicine
Historical Obstacles 1 COVID-19 Challenges 2
• Healthcare professional • Limit exposures of patients
unwillingness to change practice and healthcare workers to
SARS-CoV-2
• Reimbursement issues
• Preserve critically needed
• Legal considerations
hospital resources
• Lack of evidence support
effectiveness/efficiency
• Not right for all patients or
situations
1. Turcotte B, Paquet S, Blais AS, et al. A prospective, multisite study analyzing the percentage of urological cases that can be completely managed by telemedicine. Can Urol Assoc J. 2020 Oct;14(10):319-321.
2. Kokorovic, A., So, A. I., Hotte, et al. (2020). A Canadian framework for managing prostate cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations from the Canadian Urologic Oncology Group and the Canadian
Urological Association. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 14(6), 163-8. 15