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2021-01-08T07:00:00+00:00
In a recent
HSJ roundtable the panel explored the advances that have been made in caring for people remotely with the help of technology, whether these changes are embedded and the challenges still remaining
When Rupa Joshi thinks of how technology has been used to support patients during the first wave of the pandemic, she comes up with no shortage of examples. But one feels especially powerful: video consultations and, in particular, virtual group consultations for those living with long-term conditions that place them at high risk from covid.
“Patients were feeling very frightened, upset at home, not feeling they had access to us,” says Dr Joshi, a practising GP and co-clinical director for Wokingham North primary care network.