Overview
- Incipient and comprehensive text on the subject of telerheumatology
- Detailed compilation from all experts in the field of telerheumatology around the world
- Extremely relevant topic given the pandemic as well as the expected nationwide shortage of rheumatologists
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This book details the practice of telerheumatology. Telemedicine is defined as the delivery of healthcare and the exchange of healthcare information across distances. Following, telerheumatology is the delivery of rheumatology care through telemedicine. There exists an increasing demand from patients, caregivers, and healthcare systems for access to academic specialists through telemedicine. This has been the case for the past several years and the demand has only increased with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There is currently a lack of rheumatologists in rural areas and that is expected to spread to a general lack by 2025. Telerheumatology offers an excellent and timely solution to fill these gaps and provide care.
Telerheumatology care has been shown to be feasible and quite effective. The current COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the concept of telemedicine into the spotlight. However, not all telerheumatology care is the same and there exists many nuances and differences when examining telerheumatology care across the United States and the world. After comprehensively reviewing the origins of telerheumatology, this work defines in detail the current practice of telerheumatology, along with the specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and all applications of telerheumatology. Expert authors also provide a detailed roadmap for providers to initiate, sustain, and grow a telerheumatology program. The book concludes by covering future directions of telerheumatology, including areas for expansion, improvement, and innovation.
After reading this work, the editor and all the contributing authors hope that it will inspire, provoke thought and discussion, and lead to increased adaptation of providing telerheumatology care by rheumatologists and rheumatology providers.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Christine Peoples, MD
Director, Telerheumatology Program
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Department of MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Telerheumatology
Book Subtitle: Origins, Current Practice, and Future Directions
Editors: Christine Peoples
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00936-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00935-8Published: 16 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-00936-5Published: 14 July 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 354
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Rheumatology