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International Journal of Digital Health Volume 1 (2021), Article ID 1:IJDH-101, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/ijdh/2021/101

Commentary

Potential Benefits of Telemedicine for the Assessment of Neurological Change in the Age of COVID

Yan Hong Dong^1,* and Adriana Banozic²

¹Invited Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Level 2, Clinical Research Centre, MD11, 10 Medical Drive, 117597, Singapore
²Centre for Children and Families, Singapore

Corresponding Author Details: Dr. Yan Hong Dong, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Level 2, Clinical Research Centre, MD11, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597; Tel: +65 65168686; E-mail: nurdy@nus.edu.sg

Received: 19 November 2020; Accepted: 05 January 2021; Published: 07 January 2021

Citation: Dong YH, Banozic A (2020) Potential Benefits of Telemedicine for the Assessment of Neurological Change in the Age of COVID. Int J Digt Hlthc 1: 101. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/ijdh/2021/101

Copyright: © 2021 Dong et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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