Telemedicine in Obstetrics: New Era, New Atitudes - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2020;42(7):371-372
The COVID-19 outbreak started in December 2019 in China, and spread throughout the world as a big threat since then. On March 11th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a pandemic. In Brazil, the first case was diagnosed on February 26th on a man that had recently returned to Brazil from Italy, and on March 13th, Brazil diagnosed its first case of community infection. Followed by that, on March 20th, the Brazilian Health Ministry intensified the national efforts to control and prevent the fast spread of the disease, issuing ordinance under number 454, which recommends social distancing measures. The elderly – specifically the population over 60 years of age – were considered a group of risk, and were advised to limit their activities to what are considered essential services and to avoid crowded spaces, such as cultural and scientific events. In accordance with the national recommendation, the state of São Paulo declared quarantine on March 24th, under decree number 6,4881.
In this new national scenario, the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine, through official notice number 1,756/2020, issued on March 19th, communicated the Health Ministry that it recognized the possibility and ethics of the use telemedicine, as an exception, during the battle against the transmission of COVID-19, using teleorientation, telemonitoring and teleinterconsult. On April 15th, the Federal Government enacted law number 13,989, which regulates the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 crisis as an emergency measure. Moreover, the law defines telemedicine as medical practice mediated by technology to promote health, research, patient care and prevention of diseases.
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The COVID-19 outbreak started in December 2019 in China, and spread throughout the world as a big threat since then. On March 11th, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a pandemic. In Brazil, the first case was diagnosed on February 26th on a man that had recently returned to Brazil from Italy, and on March 13th, Brazil diagnosed its first case of community infection. Followed by that, on March 20th, the Brazilian Health Ministry intensified the national efforts to control and prevent the fast spread of the disease, issuing ordinance under number 454, which recommends social distancing measures. The elderly – specifically the population over 60 years of age – were considered a group of risk, and were advised to limit their activities to what are considered essential services and to avoid crowded spaces, such as cultural and scientific events. In accordance with the national recommendation, the state of São Paulo declared quarantine on March 24th, under decree number 6,4881.
In this new national scenario, the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine, through official notice number 1,756/2020, issued on March 19th, communicated the Health Ministry that it recognized the possibility and ethics of the use telemedicine, as an exception, during the battle against the transmission of COVID-19, using teleorientation, telemonitoring and teleinterconsult. On April 15th, the Federal Government enacted law number 13,989, which regulates the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 crisis as an emergency measure. Moreover, the law defines telemedicine as medical practice mediated by technology to promote health, research, patient care and prevention of diseases.
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