Telehealth Revolution in Chronic Pain Management: Lessons from Rapid Pandemic Adoption and Future Directions

Authors-Amit Nandal

Abstract- – In order to avert care breaches for chronic patients, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated significant adjustments to the expansion and quick implementation of telemedicine. It takes significant adjustment combining operations and clinical practices to address the difficulty of adopting remote medical care in chronic pain offerings, a speciality that heavily relies on doctor-patient rapport, physical examinations, including regular follow-up visits. In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, we describe the outcome of a successful quick transition to the online healthcare approach at a period when access to outpatient medical services for individuals with persistent pain in children and adults was severely limited. This narrative review discusses the most recent research supporting the use of videoconferencing to treat persistent pain and goes into great depth on the difficulties in integrating videoconferencing into mobility impaired clinics from several angles. It is advised to follow best practices while using telehealth. The existing data in the domains of neurology and neuromuscular care contrasting in-person and distant physical examinations is used to support a proposal for online physical evaluation for discomfort sufferers.

DOI: /10.61463/ijset.vol.9.issue1.161