ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology
Telemedicine Improves Access to Hepatology Consultation with High Patient Satisfaction.
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- Inpatient Telehepatology at Community Hospitals: Expanding Access and Comanaging Complex Care.NEJM catalyst innovations in care delivery · 2025Article
- Telemedicine in the tertiary liver unit: A feasibility study.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2024Article
- Telehepatology Satisfaction Is Associated with Ethnicity: The Real-World Experience of a Vulnerable Population with Fatty Liver Disease.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- Virtual consultations: navigating the future landscape of delivering gastroenterology outpatient care to young people.Frontline gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Using Telehealth for Diagnosis and Management of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Clinical liver disease · 2022Review
- Feasibility, Outcomes, and Safety of Telehepatology Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Hepatology communications · 2022Article
- WhatsApp Tele-Medicine - usage patterns and physicians views on the platform.Israel journal of health policy research · 2021Article
- Current Medical Treatment for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyReview
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Abstract
aimsTelemedicine between health care providers could be useful for improving the access to hepatology consultations, which is challenging in some regions. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of consultations that were resolved through a telemedicine program. Additionally, we evaluated patient satisfaction with this strategy.
methodsConsecutive telemedicine consultations made by non-hepatologist health care providers from different regions of Argentina to a specialty hepatology team were included. Participants and hepatologists used e-mail, teleconference systems, WhatsApp, or telephone to interact, depending on their preferences. Consultations were considered to be resolved through telemedicine when a diagnosis and an adequate follow-up were achieved without the need to refer the patient to a hepatologist or other specialist. Patient satisfaction with telemedicine was evaluated using the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form and Telemedicine Satisfaction Questionnaire.
resultsA total of 200 telemedicine consultations made by 24 physicians from 10 different provinces of Argentina were evaluated, of which 145 (73%; 95% CI: 66%-79%) were resolved through telemedicine. Practitioners specialities were as follows: family physicians, internists, gastroenterologists, infectious diseases, and obstetrics. The most frequent final diagnoses for those patients whose consultation was resolved through telemedicine were non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, viral hepatitis, and benign hepatic lesions. A high degree of patient satisfaction with telemedicine was observed in both questionnaires.
conclusionsOur results show the effectiveness of telemedicine in hepatology, with high resolution rate of consultations and rapid access to experts' assessment. Additionally, a high degree of patient satisfaction was observed using prevalidated questionnaires.
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