Researchers found increased damage, distress and distrust amongst ‘abandoned’ chronically diseased patients and clinicians from pandemic-related delays and decisions. The new research, from the University of Cambridge, details how the pandemic reduced access to routine and emergency care for rheumatology patients and describes the long-term impacts on their health and medical relationships. ‘The feeling of […]
“Perfect for some but disastrous for others”: Patients and clinicians express concerns over phone and video consultations
A research study of rheumatology patients and clinicians has found that while the majority found phone or video consultations more convenient than face-to-face consultations, they viewed so-called telemedicine as less diagnostically accurate than in-person consultations and as having the potential to increase health inequalities and barriers to accessing appropriate care. A key finding was that […]