During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine became the predominant form of healthcare delivery. Given the emergent conditions, there was little time to evaluate the value of telemedicine in the clinical environment and there is a paucity of existing research on the use of telemedicine for pediatric urologic conditions. Beyond a lack of consensus regarding best practices, there is limited knowledge of the quality of virtual care and minimal consideration of the safety and equity of telemedicine within pediatric urology. Now that social distancing has eased, there is an opportunity to determine how telemedicine will be optimally integrated into the practice of pediatric urology, ensuring safe, high-quality, equitable care.
While the accelerated use of telemedicine was related to safety precautions due to COVID-19, there is a chance to utilize this trajectory to benefit patients and providers alike in the post-pandemic era. The goal of this Research Topic is to increase knowledge about applications of telehealth in the field of Pediatric Urology. To ensure effective, safe, high-quality virtual care, it is necessary to deliberately evaluate and clarify the role of telemedicine in pediatric urology. While telemedicine practice continues to evolve, this article collection will provide the basis for the development of practice guidelines surrounding the optimizing the use of telemedicine for pediatric urological care. The assessment of patient access and clinical outcomes are critical to the sustainability of telemedicine in pediatric urology.
This Research Topic invites the submission of papers covering virtual visit types, patient and provider telemedicine experience/satisfaction, barriers to telemedicine use and expansion including payor coverage for virtual visits, as well as the future of telemedicine in the field of Pediatric Urology. Studies addressing metrics and outcomes that can be used to assess the safety and quality of virtual care in pediatric urology will be of great interest. Besides, papers that consider patient access to telemedicine services, including digital literacy in addition to social and financial barriers, are welcome.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine became the predominant form of healthcare delivery. Given the emergent conditions, there was little time to evaluate the value of telemedicine in the clinical environment and there is a paucity of existing research on the use of telemedicine for pediatric urologic conditions. Beyond a lack of consensus regarding best practices, there is limited knowledge of the quality of virtual care and minimal consideration of the safety and equity of telemedicine within pediatric urology. Now that social distancing has eased, there is an opportunity to determine how telemedicine will be optimally integrated into the practice of pediatric urology, ensuring safe, high-quality, equitable care.
While the accelerated use of telemedicine was related to safety precautions due to COVID-19, there is a chance to utilize this trajectory to benefit patients and providers alike in the post-pandemic era. The goal of this Research Topic is to increase knowledge about applications of telehealth in the field of Pediatric Urology. To ensure effective, safe, high-quality virtual care, it is necessary to deliberately evaluate and clarify the role of telemedicine in pediatric urology. While telemedicine practice continues to evolve, this article collection will provide the basis for the development of practice guidelines surrounding the optimizing the use of telemedicine for pediatric urological care. The assessment of patient access and clinical outcomes are critical to the sustainability of telemedicine in pediatric urology.
This Research Topic invites the submission of papers covering virtual visit types, patient and provider telemedicine experience/satisfaction, barriers to telemedicine use and expansion including payor coverage for virtual visits, as well as the future of telemedicine in the field of Pediatric Urology. Studies addressing metrics and outcomes that can be used to assess the safety and quality of virtual care in pediatric urology will be of great interest. Besides, papers that consider patient access to telemedicine services, including digital literacy in addition to social and financial barriers, are welcome.
