This document is intended for NHS Scotland hospital wards.
Near Me video consulting (powered by Attend Anywhere) can be used to reduce exposure to coronavirus by enabling both patients and clinicians to consult while in isolation. It can also be used to reduce to protect the clinical workforce through reduced exposure to risk of infection, and increase resilience by enabling clinical support to be provided from different geographical locations.
Scenarios where video consulting may be beneficial in wards include:
- To protect clinicians from exposure to coronavirus in situations where non hands-on care can be given.
- To maximise clinician capacity to provide specialist input to multiple locations by removing the time to move between locations and/or to reduce the number of patients being transferred between hospitals.
- To enable clinicians to work remotely, either due to quarantine or to reduce the infection risk for the clinician.
- To enable additional health care support to be provided remotely to an area with a significant outbreak of coronavirus.