The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to face-to-face communication with people residing in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) settings. Telemedicine is an alternative, but facility staff may be overburdened with the management of the equipment. Here we introduce the use of a mobile HIPPA-compliant telepresence robot (MTR) to bridge this barrier, which may be beneficial to reimagine options for PALTC in the future.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8603033 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.11.013 | DOI Listing |
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