ReviewFrontline gastroenterology2012
Improving outpatient services: the Southampton IBD virtual clinic.
Review in Frontline gastroenterology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Models of outpatient care delivery in inflammatory bowel disease: a scoping review.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Leveraging Virtual Technology to Conduct Clinical Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023Article
- Feasibility testing of a standardised virtual clinic for follow-up of patients after hip and knee arthroplasty.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2023Article
- The impact of digitisation of a virtual fracture clinic on referral quality, outcomes and assessment times.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- Therapeutic drug monitoring of biologics in inflammatory bowel disease: unmet needs and future perspectives.The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Review
- Delivering outpatient virtual clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic: early evaluation of clinicians' experiences.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Insight from patients and healthcare professionals on the implementation of virtual clinics in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Frontline gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Telehealth model of care for outpatient inflammatory bowel disease care in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic.Internal medicine journal · 2021Article
- Using telemedicine and wearable technology to establish a virtual clinic for people with Parkinson's disease.BMJ open quality · 2020Article
- Connolly Hospital Trauma Assessment Clinic (TAC): a virtual solution to patient flow.Irish journal of medical science · 2020Review
- Electronic referrals for virtual fracture clinic service using the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS).Irish journal of medical science · 2019Article
- The "National Integrated Medical Imaging System" [NIMIS]-friend, not nimesis!Irish journal of medical science · 2019Article
- Stratification of inflammatory bowel disease outpatients by disease activity and risk of complications to guide out-of-hospital monitoring: a patient-centred quality improvement project.BMJ open quality · 2019Article
- The impact of an inflammatory bowel disease nurse-led biologics service.Frontline gastroenterology · 2016Article
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Abstract
The follow-up of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients is challenging due to the relapsing remitting nature of the diseases, the wide spectrum of severity and complexity as well as the need for monitoring of long-term complications and drug treatments. Conventional outpatient follow-up lacks flexibility for patients and there are competing pressures for clinic time. Alternative follow-up pathways include telephone clinics, self-management programmes or discharging patients. The IBD virtual clinic (VC) is a further option. Patients with an established diagnosis for >2 years, who have been stable for >1 year, do not have primary sclerosing cholangitis and who give their consent, are entered into the VC system. Two months before their annual follow-up is due patients are sent blood test forms and a simple questionnaire with an information sheet. If they meet any of the criteria on the questionnaire, they are asked to contact the IBD specialist nursing team to discuss their situation. The blood test results and the patient's database entry are reviewed to ensure that they are not due surveillance investigations. The patients and their GPs then receive a letter informing them of their management plan. We currently follow-up 20% of the Southampton IBD cohort using the VC. The VC system is an innovative, efficient and patient-responsive method for following up mild to moderate IBD. It is well liked by patients but is dependent on a well-maintained database with good integration of IT systems and requires both clerical and IBD nurse specialist support.
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