Episode 31 Special AUTO Ball Series: E-Health Surge - Impacting Rheumy Visits

Join Tiffany and Deb, fellow patient co-hosts, for the AiArthritis Voices 360 Talk Show as they welcome Dr. Lisa Zickuhr, rheumatologist from Washington University School of Medicine, to discuss the barriers and benefits of e-health/telehealth as we navigate the new world of COVID-19. How are online visits impacting YOUR care with your rheumy? What is working? What isn't? What do we need to improve?

During this discussion, Dr. Zickuhr explains current efforts to streamline e-health visits as we move forward - which patients will be seen in person? Which will use tele-health or video calls? Deb and Tiffany weigh in with their experiences and opinions and they all discuss the need to include patients in the discussions as new protocols emerge. After you listen to the episode send us an email and tell us your opinions and experiences at podcast@aiarthritis.org.

This episode is in conjunction with our organizations' work to improve access to care and doctor-patient communications.  It was also an episode that originally aired LIVE during our annual gala, the AUTO Ball, which was hosted on our Facebook page between May 16 - 20th, 2020.  You can watch the raw, unedited footage of this episode on Facebook. 

 

Dr. Zickuhr is a rheumatologist and clinician educator who devotes half of her time to caring for patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases and half to educating physicians in training. Her clinical interests lie in treating patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and other related conditions. She also cares for patients using telemedicine and is interested in the best ways to teach health care professionals how to communicate with and examine patients virtually.

 

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