Teleconsultation in Neonatology e Pediatrics

In the medical field, teleconsultation is a mode of medical consultation using telemedicine. This modality has been known for three decades but has received a propulsive boost in the pandemic triennium 2020-2022, in which there was a need to increase and facilitate the use of this technology especially in some strategic areas of the clinical area such as Neonatology and Pediatrics. There are critical issues related to the use of teleconsultation in this area and need to be clarified. Literature demonstrates the strategic importance of using teleconsultation with neonatology and pediatric patients, but several critical elements emerge that do not allow a wide diffusion of this valuable technological and innovative modality. The reasons for these difficulties focus on the knowledge of the technology used, on the prejudices against in-person visits, on the limitation of non-serious cases and on the economic costs related to the maintenance of the system. This review aims to analyze the strengths and weaknesses, to evaluate the real potential of this healthcare IT tool.