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World J Methodol. Sep 20, 2023; 13(4): 194-209
Published online Sep 20, 2023. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v13.i4.194
Published online Sep 20, 2023. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v13.i4.194
Telemedicine in inflammatory bowel diseases: A new brick in the medicine of the future?
Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, Raffaele Pellegrino, Giovanna Palladino, Rossella D'Onofrio, Simone Mammone, Giusi Arboretto, Salvatore Auletta, Giuseppe Imperio, Andrea Ventura, Mario Romeo, Alessandro Federico, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples 80138, Italy
Tommaso Durante, Mental Health Department, “S. Pio” Hospital, Benevento 82100, Italy
Author contributions: Gravina AG and Pellegrino R collected the literature, wrote the initial manuscript, conceptualised the figures, and contributed equally to this work; All the authors conceptualised the structure of the text, critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content, and read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Antonietta Gerarda Gravina, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via L. de Crecchio, Naples 80138, Italy. antoniettagerarda.gravina@unicampania.it
Received: June 22, 2023
Peer-review started: June 22, 2023
First decision: July 5, 2023
Revised: July 12, 2023
Accepted: July 31, 2023
Article in press: July 31, 2023
Published online: September 20, 2023
Processing time: 89 Days and 13.9 Hours
Peer-review started: June 22, 2023
First decision: July 5, 2023
Revised: July 12, 2023
Accepted: July 31, 2023
Article in press: July 31, 2023
Published online: September 20, 2023
Processing time: 89 Days and 13.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The progressive development of technology has provided new telehealth tools for gastroenterologists to manage patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Through online platforms, simple e-mails, phone calls, and websites, physicians can monitor patients, adapt therapies, summon patients in case of alerts or red flags, and communicate with them. However, there is a need to scientifically test these methods by comparing them with the standard of care to determine whether these forms of care are superimposable, or at least comparable.