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Health Care Sciences & Services
Centaine L. Snoswell, Anthony C. Smith, Matthew Page, Liam J. Caffery
Summary: Patients prefer consultations over no consultations, and they prefer healthcare services with lower out-of-pocket costs, higher perceived benefits, and less time away from usual activities. Most patients prefer specialist care over general practitioner care and are willing to pay for seeing a specialist over videoconference and reducing time away from usual activities.
JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE
(2021)
Review
Allergy
Kirk H. Waibel, Tamara T. Perry
Summary: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has become the dominant healthcare modality with high usage. However, delivering allergy specialty care to rural and regional populations remains challenging, despite the advantages of telehealth.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Janet E. Jones, Sarah L. Damery, Katherine Phillips, Ameeta Retzer, Pamela Nayyar, Kate Jolly
Summary: The provision and uptake of remote outpatient consultations may have an impact on existing health inequalities. Patients aged over 65, with lower educational attainment, lower household incomes, and without English as a first language were less likely to have a remote consultation. Females were generally more likely to have remote consultations than males. Non-white ethnicities were less likely to use remote consultations but showed a preference for telephone appointments.
Article
Surgery
Jordan O. Bray, Thomas L. Sutton, Mudassir S. Akhter, Emaad J. Iqbal, Sean B. Orenstein, Vahagn C. Nikolian
Summary: This study conducted a retrospective analysis of the effectiveness of digital health encounters, comparing audio-only and video-based encounters. The study found that audio-only encounters were more commonly used for older and rural patients, but there was no significant difference in downstream care utilization and clinic encounter outcomes compared to video-based encounters.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Carly Stewart, Josephine Coffey-Sandoval, Erik A. Souverein, Thomas C. Lee, Sudha Nallasamy
Summary: This article demonstrates the experience of using a synchronous telemedicine model for pediatric ophthalmology consultations and shares insights on optimizing the experience and efficiency.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mengqiu Wu, Yuhan Li, Chengyu Ma
Summary: Through a discrete choice experiment, the study analyzed the choice preference of patients for specialist outpatient online consultations (SOOC) in internet hospitals. The results showed that the recommendation rate of doctors, the convenience of applying SOOC services, the increase in medical insurance payment, and the severity of the disease were important factors influencing patients' choice preferences. Age, chronic diseases, income, and medical insurance types also had an impact.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Urvashi Rohilla, Jayashanthi P. Ramarao, Jared Lane, Neha N. Khatri, James Smith, Kathleen Yin, Annie Y. S. Lau
Summary: This study analyzed general practitioner-patient consultations about type 2 diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular diseases in the UK. It revealed that there is a discord between the self-management actions required of patients during and after consultations. Digital technology has the potential to support self-management concerns and bridge this gap.
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Oncology
Ali Al-Rikaby, Ahmad Sulaiman, Jake R. Thompson, Robyn P. M. Saw, Frances Boyle, Nicole Taylor, Matteo S. Carlino, Rachael L. Morton, Omgo E. Nieweg, John F. Thompson, Iris Bartula
Summary: This study explores the satisfaction level of Australian melanoma patients and clinicians with telehealth, and finds that most patients and clinicians have a positive attitude towards telehealth, believing that it provides safe, convenient, and good quality care.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Caitlin Patterson, Kathleen Collins, Ian Hunter
Summary: This study investigated the perceived value of outpatient teleconsultations compared to face-to-face consultations among senior medical students during the coronavirus pandemic. The results showed that face-to-face consultations were highly valued for learning, followed by video consultations with a physically present senior clinician. Telephone consultations were less valued. However, all modalities provided useful learning experiences for the students. The study suggests that teleconsultation can be an effective tool to support clinical exposure and learning for medical students, especially in times of limited opportunities due to the pandemic.
JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE
(2022)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Sebastiaan Lambooy, Rathika Krishnasamy, Andrea Pollock, Gerald Hilder, Nicholas A. Gray
Summary: This study evaluated the feasibility and clinical outcomes of telehealth videoconferencing for kidney transplant recipients and chronic kidney disease patients. The research found that TVC uptake was high in the first year but significantly reduced in the second year. There were no significant differences in creatinine and blood pressure between the TVC group and the control group, with high patient satisfaction reported in both groups.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Flaminia Ferri, Martina Milana, Aurelio Abbatecola, Alessandro Pintore, Ilaria Lenci, Simona Parisse, Alessandro Vitale, Gianluca Di Croce, Gianluca Mennini, Quirino Lai, Massimo Rossi, Roberta Angelico, Giuseppe Tisone, Alessandro Anselmo, Mario Angelico, Stefano Ginanni Corradini
Summary: The electronic outpatient referral website (eRW-LT) plays a positive role in increasing the number of liver transplantation referrals, ensuring effective triage, and improving the appropriateness of visits.
CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
(2022)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Eric Wierda, Willemijn W. A. van Maarschalkerwaart, Esther van Seumeren, Cathelijne Dickhoff, Irina Montanus, Dominique de Boer, Esther Kop, Bas A. J. M. de Mol, Jutta M. Schroeder-Tanka, Loek van Heerbeek
Summary: This study examines the safety and efficacy of outpatient treatment of worsening heart failure with intravenous diuretics. The results suggest that outpatient treatment with intravenous diuretics is a safe alternative to hospitalization. However, the rehospitalization rates for patients with worsening heart failure remain high and there is a lack of data on the best selection criteria and cost-effectiveness of outpatient treatment.
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Mandy Truong, Ladan Yeganeh, Olivia Cook, Kimberley Crawford, Pauline Wong, Jacqueline Allen
Summary: This systematic review examines the use of telehealth consultations for racial/ethnic minority populations. The findings suggest that telehealth can effectively treat/manage physical and mental health conditions and improve access to care. However, technological difficulties and limited health literacy remain significant barriers.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Dermatology
Ross L. Pearlman, Phuong B. Le, Robert T. Brodell, Vinayak K. Nahar
Summary: Teledermatology has provided critical service in expanding specialty consultation access to patients, despite technical barriers and during a global health crisis. The majority of patients expressed satisfaction with synchronous teledermatology, although some experienced technical difficulties, and a portion prefer in-person consultation for their next visit.
ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Emergency Medicine
MAnne Huyler, Casey Z. MacVane, Tania Strout, Andrew D. Perron
Summary: The study found that outpatient management of PE following treatment in the ED was safe and effective for the majority of patients, with few immediate and 30-day complications.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
(2021)