Reorganización de la actividad asistencial ambulatoria en la era de la COVID-19. La hora de la e-consulta

The current situacion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reorganize outpatient care, along with other healthcare activities. Urgent measures imposed during the lockdown period have necessitated the reorganization of patient consultations, which has provided an opportunity to make changes that may become essential in the future. Now is the time to innovate by implementing new modalities of care, for example by trying out remote patient care, not only to guarantee patient safety, but also to optimize the use of health-care resources and expenditure and to avoid unnecessary consultations and the duplication of medical efforts. Previously, telemedicine has been used successfully both for communications between professionals and in the doctor-patient relationship. The development of Información and communication technologies has given us a plethora of opportunities for reorganization, which must be adapted to each real-life situación while bearing in mind that care quality is a priority.