The Art of Surgery: Balancing Compassionate With Virtual Care

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The recent drive to include virtual care in surgical practice has been accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many physicians feel that communicating via telehealth is unlike traditional methods of providing health care, and thus guidance on maintaining excellence in communication is necessary, especially as academic literature on virtual care in surgery is nonexistent. Challenges faced in transitioning to virtual care include the inability to utilize body language, barriers to traditional physical examination, exacerbation of existing vulnerabilities and inequities in patient groups, the declining quality of medical education, and the fragmentation of the multidisciplinary health care team. This paper seeks to resolve these challenges by focusing on the pillars of good communication, including preparation, professionalism, empathy, respect, and the virtual physical examination. [J Med Internet Res 2020;22(8):e22417]
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Authors Karen Michelle Devon;
Journal Journal of medical Internet research
Year 2020
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doi:10.2196/22417
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medical Internet research medicine journal ehealth JMIR open access publishing medical research National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine telemedicine / methods* surgical procedures pmid:32852276 pmc7484766 doi:10.2196/22417 elisheva tamar anne nemetz david robert urbach karen michelle devon empathy / physiology* operative / psychology*

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