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The COVID-19 pandemic has a huge impact on the healthcare system. Hospitals are not only getting overwhelmed with severe COVID-19-infected patients, but this pandemic has also led to disruption of other hospital services like clinics, thereby interfering in the management of other conditions. On top of that, sudden unemployment during the pandemic has affected employer-sponsored insurance, which has further limited patients to seek healthcare. Due to stringent hospital policies and fear of COVID-19 in the public, it has been difficult for the patients to access healthcare physically. Therefore, telemedicine has gained popularity during the pandemic. This chapter will describe the importance and application of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has become a vital tool for accessing healthcare.
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Beladakere Ramaswamy, S., Bhagavan, S.M. (2021). Digital Revolution in Tele-Neurology During COVID 19 Pandemic (Neuro-Oncology Case). In: Beladakere Ramaswamy, S., Bhagavan, S.M., Govindarajan, R. (eds) Learning Teleneurology Basics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71478-9_12
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