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Who says telehealth can't be engaging and educational at the same time? This clever short film, by the Scottish NHS region Dumfries & Galloway, explains how Near Me provides additional, safe, and easy means to see a health professional as well as highlighting some common issues people can encounter. A cultural shift is under way and communicating with your health care professional is at the forefront. Leading doctors said the use of technology for remote check-ups has accelerated, "five years in five months".  Image: The Times UK Check out these recent tweets from healthcare providers embracing Attend Anywhere.
Abstract Video consultations showed greater than expected usefulness in the remote management of eye disease and supported a substantial reduction in the number of people visiting the hospital. Creating the Moorfields’ virtual eye casualty: video consultations to provide emergency teleophthalmology care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Video consultations showed greater than expected usefulness in the remote management of eye disease and supported a substantial reduction in the number of people visiting the hospital.
The below video explains how most patient appointments in Lanarkshire (Scotland) will now be by telephone or video consultation using Attend Anywhere. Check it out: https://vimeo.com/444812039 Read more: https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/services/gp/
If you're a surgeon, well, even if you're not a surgeon, let Dr. Vivek Chitre from the James Paget University Hospital in the East Of England region take you on a personal tour of Attend Anywhere. The main NHS providers in Dorset are seeing a huge increase in the use of virtual consultations with Attend Anywhere, an online system which allows people to have a secure one-to-one consultation via a video link at a prearranged time. During a three-week period, patients who undertook an Attend Anywhere consultation were asked for feedback. Of those who completed the survey, 94% said that it was easy or very easy to access the waiting area and join their call.  BOOM - Dr Laurence Buckman poses in his practice room at the Temple Fortune Health Centre GP Practice near Golders Green, London. In 2019, Near Me held 9,000 video consultations in total. In 2020, Near Me holds over 17,000 video consultations each week! Endorsed by the Scottish Cabinet Secretary and the Scottish Government, a vision for the Near Me programme has now been developed with the aim to have all health and care consultations provided by Near Me wherever it is clinically appropriate.  Image: NHS National Services Scotland Rapid scale-up of virtual consultationsCovid-19 response and rapid transformation Abstract After procuring the Attend Anywhere digital platform in 2019 to enable virtual consultations, Dorset HealthCare has rapidly increased uptake of this offer during the Covid-19 pandemic, increasing both the number of waiting rooms (from 10 to >40) and the use of virtual consultations (from an average of 82 per week to 866). This has meant services have been able to continue to deliver high quality care to patients, reducing in-person contact and risk for service users and staff.
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