ArticleGerontology & geriatric medicine
Clinical Questions Asked by Long-Term Care Providers Through eConsult: A Retrospective Study.
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- Electronic consultation questions asked to addiction medicine specialists by primary care providers: Retrospective content analysis.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2025Article
- Ontario Primary Care Practitioners and Access to Ophthalmologists Through Electronic Consultation.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Physician-to-Physician eConsultations to Ophthalmologists at an Academic Medical Center.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- What do primary care providers want to know when caring for patients living with frailty? An analysis of eConsult communications between primary care providers and specialists.BMC health services research · 2024Observational
- Improving access to specialist care in correctional facilities through Ontario eConsult.PloS one · 2024Article
- Electronic consultation use by advanced practice nurses in older adult care-A descriptive study of service utilization data.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Using electronic consultation (eConsult) to identify frailty in provider-to-provider communication: a feasibility and validation study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Review
- Development of eConsult reflective learning tools for healthcare providers: a pragmatic mixed methods approach.BMC primary care · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductioneConsult allows primary care providers (PCPs) to access timely specialist advice and informs patient care. To understand the use of eConsult in long-term care (LTC) settings, we examined the clinical content and types of questions asked by LTC PCPs.
methodsA descriptive, retrospective study of eConsults submitted through the Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018, by LTC PCPs was conducted. Cases were classified using validated taxonomies. Descriptive statistics were generated for content and question type classifications, service utilization data, and close-out survey responses.
results22 LTC PCPs submitted 113 eConsults. They sought advice about drug treatment (58%), diagnosis (44%), and management (38%) in a breadth of clinical areas, often skin-related (39%). Long-term care PCPs frequently asked more than one question type (42%). They received advice within 1 week (91%) and rated eConsult as very helpful and educational. Three case examples are presented.
conclusionThis study demonstrates the type of advice LTC PCPs are seeking through eConsult and its usefulness in this setting. Long-term care stakeholders are encouraged to consider implementing eConsult in other regions, as a means to improve access to timely specialist advice, support clinical decision-making, and improve residents' quality of life.
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