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Optimising Remote Consulting and Home Assessment of Medically Vulnerable Rural Patients During Unscheduled and Planned Primary Care: Assessing the Feasibility of ORCHARD Intervention -A Feasibility Study

2026-04-09

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<h4>Background: </h4> The COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated the adoption of telemedicine, but it also exposed gaps in effective remote clinical assessment, particularly for medically vulnerable patients in rural areas. The ORCHARD intervention aimed to address this by providing patients with a Medical Self-Assessment Box to enable self-reporting of vital signs during remote consultations. <h4>Methods:</h...

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Literature Corpus work: 9949dbfe-b074-5f5b-b72f-d0af53456b6a
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.08.26350378

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