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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physicians' Use and Perception of Telehealth: The Case of Lebanon.

Samar Helou, Elie El Helou, Victoria Abou-Khalil, Jad Wakim, Jeanine El Helou, Alain Daher, Charline El Hachem

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Samar HelouGlobal Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5233-7025
Elie El HelouFaculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1107 2180, Lebanon.
Victoria Abou-KhalilAcademic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8315, Japan.
Jad WakimFaculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1107 2180, Lebanon.
Jeanine El HelouFaculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1107 2180, Lebanon.
Alain DaherFaculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1107 2180, Lebanon.
Charline El HachemFaculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 1107 2180, Lebanon.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20K20244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic forced physicians to quickly adapt and find ways to provide their usual offline services by using online tools. We aimed to understand how physicians adapted to the sudden need for telehealth and if their perception of telehealth changed due to their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an exploratory sequential mixed-methods study. We interviewed five Lebanese physicians and thematically analyzed the interviews. We developed a questionnaire based on the analysis results and administered it online to physicians in Lebanon. In total, 140 responses were collected. We found that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians engaged in more telehealth activities in the realms of telemedicine, public awareness, continuing medical education, research, administration, and teaching. They also expanded their repertoire of information-technology tools. Our results also show that there was a significant shift in the physicians' perceptions, indicating greater openness and willingness to adopt telehealth services. However, a significant amount of skepticism and uncertainty regarding telemedicine remains, especially concerning its efficiency, safety, and the adequacy of existing regulations. Based on our findings, we offer recommendations for health IT policy makers, developers, and researchers, to sustain the continuity of telehealth activities beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralAttitude of Health PersonnelBetacoronavirusCOVID-19Education, Medical, ContinuingHumansLebanonPhysiciansSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesTelemedicinechangeCOVID-19Lebanonpandemicperceptionsphysicianstelehealthtelemedicineuse

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PMCPMC7370008

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