Télémédecine et prise en charge de la douleur chronique en 2021 -- mise en perspective.

Since 2014, telemedicine and more broadly, digital health technologies (electronic medical record or EMR, Connected Paths, etc.) have benefited from substantial progress in France with the establishment of standards that define and promote its use in routine care (tele-expertise, teleconsultation, tele-care), supported by a government strategy to transform the health organization and the deployment of digital in health. The current pandemic has been an astonishing acceleration factor in the use of the latter in the field of routine care in order to limit disruptions in access to care and patient follow-up. In this update, we wish to carry out a summary review of the main works published in the literature in recent years (strongly driven by the pandemic) with regard to the management of chronic pain, but above all, to put into perspective that technology with these limits should not be the end but the tool at the service of a more fluid organization and better sharing of patient journeys by experimenting with new uses in a redesigned city-hospital cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]