Introduction
EVENTS, DISEASES
Despite technological advances in clinical diagnosis, physical examination has substantial benefits for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. In the context of telehealth, especially in pediatric populations, a high-quality tool for collecting physical examination variables by means of portable medical devices could be a boon for telemedicine. The provision of patient health care outside of traditional health care settings has become increasingly common and gained importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlighted the emerging need for technologies that can effectively and safely support remote consultations.Various studiesHowever, traditional telemedicine and remote monitoring in a pediatric setting involve specific challenges because patients of certain age groups and stages of development have a limited ability to express themselves and verbalize their feelings. In a study performed in Israel,Although difficulty in performing a complete physical examination is inherent to telemedicine, devices that allow data from a physical examination to be captured remotely, such as digital stethoscopes or otoscopes, are being increasingly used with the aim of minimizing this difficulty. As reported in previous studies,Nevertheless, the majority of innovative technological health care solutions proposed have not undergone rigorous clinical studies, which are widely used for other products in the health care system. Consequently, many such solutions are implemented without clinical trials that can accurately estimate their effectiveness and safety when used in clinical practice settings, and some are even implemented without adequate management of postimplementation events.