Integrating Telemedicine and Pharmacists in Chronic Gastrointestinal Diseases: A Critical Role During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

New developments have made it easier for Telehealth to connect healthcare services in faraway places. Telehealth (TH) has become essential during the COVID-19 pandemic, changing how healthcare is provided. It has been vital in providing care to patients and making it easy for them to get to while following social distancing and quarantine rules for people with chronic stomach diseases. By sending medical care directly to people's homes, TH makes it safer for patients and healthcare workers. During the outbreak, TH made it easy to get medical supplies to people who needed them, putting COVID-19 care first and handling non-COVID health needs through remote methods. Quickly responding, doctors have started using TH for initial evaluations, cutting down on pointless emergency room trips. This change shows that TH will now play a more significant role in health care, including specialized and urgent treatments, making it much more helpful. Some of TH's drawbacks are that it can be hard to do thorough physical exams and get diagnostic tests and images. These problems show that TH needs to keep improving and developing new ideas. The 2020 pandemic significantly affected telemedicine, but it also led to some significant advances and laid the groundwork for future medical care in chronic gastrointestinal illnesses. To fully utilize TH's potential in modern medical care, healthcare professionals must face its limits and ongoing problems.