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Volume 7, Issue 4 (Suppl)
Otolaryngology
ISSN: 2161-119X Otolaryngology, an open access journal
Aesthetic Medicine & ENT Conference 2017
July 06-08, 2017
July 06-08, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Conference on
Aesthetic Medicine and ENT
Otolaryngology 2017, 7:4 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X-C1-020
Virtual clinics in ENT
Reshma Ghedia
Charing Cross Hospital, UK
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irtual clinics are established in some specialties to provide a more convenient service to patients and improve efficiencies
and cost in providing care for patients. In ENT these clinics are becoming more popular to cope with ever increasing
demand on the specialty. We conducted a survey of all the ENT departments in the UK to identify whether virtual clinics are
being used and how they are being used-telephone or video calls. We also looked at the type of pathologies that were being
reviewed in the clinics. We found that there was considerable variation regarding the use of virtual clinics. The biggest use of
virtual clinics was to explain test results, especially regarding imaging for sensorineural hearing loss. We conclude that virtual
clinics are a growing method of providing healthcare to patients that is convenient and cost-effective. There is scope for this to
be used in many more departments in ENT.
reshmaghedia@doctors.org.uk