There has been great interest regarding tele-emergency care (TEC) and its utility following the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen a roll out of multiple TEC services across Australia, operating in isolation, without coordination and under differing models of care, creating the potential for an uncoordinated, inefficient healthcare system. We outline a potential framework under which TEC services might function as part of the current system, defining potential strategies that may be used to appropriately coordinate the acute care of select patients outside of the ED as well as improve the efficiency of the physical ED itself.

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评估远程医疗在急诊医学中的效用

在 COVID-19 大流行之后，人们对远程急救护理 (TEC) 及其效用产生了极大的兴趣。我们已经看到澳大利亚各地推出了多项 TEC 服务，这些服务孤立地运作，没有协调，并且采用不同的护理模式，这可能会导致医疗保健系统不协调、效率低下。我们概述了一个潜在的框架，在该框架下，TEC 服务可能作为当前系统的一部分发挥作用，定义了可用于适当协调急诊部以外的选定患者的急症护理以及提高物理急诊部本身效率的潜在策略。