New Findings from Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in the Area of COVID-19 Reported (P International Trend of Non-contact Healthcare and Related Changes Due To Covid-19 Pandemic): Coronavirus – COVID-19

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2022 FEB 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- New research on Coronavirus - COVID-19 is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Wonju, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “In response to the global spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), many countries have expanded access to non-contact healthcare. This study aimed to investigate the current state of non-contact healthcare in developed countries before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and examine the potential clinical and political implications applicable to Korea.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, “Before the COVID-19 outbreak, non-contact healthcare was provided to a limited extent. However, given the surge in COVID-19 cases, countries have lifted the restrictions on non-contact healthcare by expanding eligibility to patients and providers and the range of services. Countries that were slow to implement non-contact healthcare before the pandemic experienced a paradigm shift. Noncontact healthcare has advantages in maintaining essential health services while protecting patients and providers from viral infections. In Korea, non-contact healthcare was regarded as a business sector, so it has not been formally discussed from a public health standpoint. Given this global urgency, discussions should begin surrounding how to best utilize non-contact healthcare, considering the values, safety, and efficacy from the perspective of continuity of patient care. Non-contact healthcare should shift to utilizing a patient-centered approach.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The step-by-step strategic planning of non-contact healthcare is imperative for ensuring value, quality, equity, and safety of services.”

For more information on this research see: P International Trend of Non-contact Healthcare and Related Changes Due To Covid-19 Pandemic. Yonsei Medical Journal, 2022;63. Yonsei Medical Journal can be contacted at: Yonsei Univ Coll Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jee-Ae Kim, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Hira Res Inst, 60 Hyeoksin Ro, Wonju 26465, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Soomin Kim and Jin Yong Lee.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2022.63.s22. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.