Understanding the Personal Barriers of Elderly Patients for Carrying out Teleconsultations During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study.

The expansion of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic may widen digital divides. It is essential to better understand the use of telehealth by the elderly population for the development of equitable telehealth tools. This study aimed to describe the socioeconomic, clinical, and functional characteristics of elderly patients who were supported by a COVID-19 telehealth program.

Medical students experience in working in a public COVID-19 telehealth program: a descriptive study.

Background: Given the health and social needs generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Telehealth Network of Minas Gerais, Brazil, implemented a teleconsultation and telemonitoring program to assist patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, the TeleCOVID-MG program. The telemonitoring service was conducted by medical students, under the supervision of a physician. The main goal of this study was to analyze the experience of the students while collaborating on the aforementioned telemonitoring program.