Assessment of the Practices and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers Towards Utilization of Telemedicine for the Care of Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Shubham Atal; Sowrabha Bhat; Sayan Kumar Das; Rajnish Joshi; Aditi Pandit Kabde; Aishwarya Krishnamurthy; Tejal Lathia; Balakrishnan Sadasivam; Rukiya Surya Shaikh

doi:10.7759/cureus.54735

journal article Feb 22, 2024

Assessment of the Practices and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers Towards Utilization of Telemedicine for the Care of Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Shubham Atal Sowrabha Bhat Sayan Kumar Das Rajnish Joshi

Aditi Pandit Kabde Aishwarya Krishnamurthy Tejal Lathia

Balakrishnan Sadasivam Rukiya Surya Shaikh

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Published: Feb 22, 2024

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Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

A

Aditi Pandit Kabde

A

Aishwarya Krishnamurthy

Department of Endocrinology, Max Hospital, Ghaziabad 201012, India

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Tejal Lathia

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Balakrishnan Sadasivam

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Rukiya Surya Shaikh

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Shubham Atal, Sowrabha Bhat, Sayan Kumar Das, et al. (2024). Assessment of the Practices and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers Towards Utilization of Telemedicine for the Care of Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.54735

Assessment of the Practices and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers Towards Utilization of Telemedicine for the Care of Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

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