The COVID-19 crisis has worsened the pre-existing barriers to accessing neurological specialist care in Low and middle income countries. Telemedicine has been available for well over 2 decades but has not been widely adopted in LMIC’s due to issues around cost, feasibility, infrastructure and regulation. Virtual care is an offshoot of traditional telemedicine leveraging the widely available internet enabled devices to connect patients with their healthcare providers. In this manuscript, we provide an overview of the virtual care, relevance to neurology and some guidance on implementing virtual care in an Indian context.


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虚拟护理的神经实践


COVID-19危机加剧了中低收入国家获得神经科专科护理的现有障碍。远程医疗已经有20多年的历史了，但由于成本，可行性，基础设施和法规等方面的问题，尚未在LMIC中广泛采用。虚拟护理是传统远程医疗的分支，它利用可广泛使用的支持Internet的设备将患者与其医疗保健提供者联系起来。在此手稿中，我们提供了虚拟护理的概述，与神经病学的关系以及在印度背景下实施虚拟护理的一些指导。