Telemedicine Online Visits in Urology During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Potential, Risk Factors, and Patients’ Perspective

Boehm, Katharina; Ziewers, Stefani; Brandt, Maximilian P.; Sparwasser, Peter; Haack, Maximilian; Willems, Franziska; Thomas, Anita; Dotzauer, Robert; Höfner, Thomas; Tsaur, Igor; Haferkamp, Axel; Borgmann, Hendrik

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.04.055

Telemedicine Online Visits in Urology During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Potential, Risk Factors, and Patients’ Perspective

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed considerable strain on hospital resources. We explored whether telemedicine (defined as a videoconference) might help. We undertook prospective structured phone interviews of urological patients (n = 399). We evaluated their suit…