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Category: June 2020

The medical field has been subjected to countless changes and protocol adaptations in light of the pandemic. For those continuing to practice during this time, we asked our members if there were any telemedicine exam maneuver tips they felt were particularly helpful. We have shared their answers in this month’s issue.

Telehealth and the “New Normal”

By Jason A. Strelzow, MD, FRCSC The rapid adoption and deployment of telehealth services across orthopaedics and the medical landscape was a tidal wave of new technology, and new challenges. Awkward silences, blank screens and frustrations on both sides of the telehealth divide were early nuances in the “new normal” as the medical world attempted […]

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Helpful Lateral Epicondylitis Examination Maneuver

By Huey Y. Tien, MD This examination maneuver is particularly helpful for diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis during telemedicine visit. Same as most of the physicians, especially surgeons, I have struggled to start telemedicine as soon as possible after COVID-19 hit the community. I feel I was taking a crash course, trying to learn everything from […]

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My Newly Minted Telemedicine Experience

By Matthew M. Tomaino, MD, MBA My practice consists of 50% shoulder and 50% hand and elbow. And even though only 15% of my patients have elected a “telemedicine exam” since the Covid-19 crisis began, my newly minted “telemedicine” experience has illuminated the following: The value of the “exam,” and more importantly my “assessment,” is […]

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Some Helpful Notes

By Angela Wang, MD During this strange and unusual time, I have tried and aborted our hospital platform (Epic Canto) and settled fairly early on Doximity, which has worked pretty well for me: most people have been able to connect with a minimum fuss, and it is now available for use on a desktop, which […]

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