ArticleJournal of the American College of Surgeons2020
Implementation Guide for Rapid Integration of an Outpatient Telemedicine Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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91 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Training Service Users in the Use of Telehealth: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Physician and Practice Characteristics Influencing Telemedicine Uptake Among Frontline Clinicians in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Response: National Survey Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- The Impact Of Telemedicine On Medicare Utilization, Spending, And Quality, 2019-22.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2024Article
- Outpatient Video Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Patients' Experiences and Characteristics.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Scheduling of Remote Monitoring for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Smartphone addiction prevalence, patterns of use, and experienced musculoskeletal discomfort during the COVID-19 pandemic in a general Iranian population.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The emergence of telemedicine in a low-middle-income country: challenges and opportunities.Ecancermedicalscience · 2024Article
- Healthcare professional and manager perceptions on drivers, benefits, and challenges of telemedicine: results from a cross-sectional survey in the Italian NHS.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing has been necessary to help prevent disease transmission. As a result, medical practices have limited access to in-person visits. This poses a challenge to maintain appropriate patient care while preventing a substantial backlog of patients once stay-at-home restrictions are lifted. In practices that are naïve to telehealth as an alternative option, providers and staff are experiencing challenges with telemedicine implementation. We aim to provide a comprehensive guide on how to rapidly integrate telemedicine into practice during a pandemic.
methodsWe built a toolkit that details the following 8 essential components to successful implementation of a telemedicine platform: provider and staff training, patient education, an existing electronic medical record system, patient and provider investment in hardware, billing and coding integration, information technology support, audiovisual platforms, and patient and caregiver participation.
resultsRapid integration of telemedicine in our practice was required to be compliant with our institution's COVID-19 task force. Within 3 days of this declaration, our large specialty-care clinic converted to a telemedicine platform and we completed 638 visits within the first month of implementation.
conclusionsEffective and efficient integration of a telemedicine program requires extensive staff and patient education, accessory platforms to facilitate video and audio communication, and adoption of new billing codes that are outlined in this toolkit.
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