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Telehealth in Primary Healthcare: A Portrait of its Rapid Implementation during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Primary care team characteristics associated with video use: a retrospective national study at the Veterans Health Administration.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Resources to Support Canadian Nurses to Deliver Virtual Care: Environmental Scan.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Strategies to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- General practitioner preferences for telehealth consultations in Australia: a pilot survey and discrete choice experiment.Primary health care research & development · 2024Article
- Implementation of Video-Based Care in Interdisciplinary Primary Care Settings at the Veterans Health Administration: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills (AKAS) of Telemedicine and Its Use by Primary Healthcare Providers.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Nursing teleconsultation in primary health care: scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2024Article
- Telemedicine in the post-COVID era: balancing accessibility, equity, and sustainability in primary healthcare.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Adopting a learning pathway approach to patient partnership in telehealth: A proof of concept.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- The role of primary care during the pandemic: shared experiences from providers in five European countries.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- "Can you hear me now?": a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Nursing contributions to virtual models of care in primary care: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Client satisfaction with telemedicine services during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey from a teaching institute of North India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study documents the adoption of telehealth by various types of primary healthcare (PHC) providers working in teaching PHC clinics in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also identifies the perceived advantages and disadvantages of telehealth.
methodA cross-sectional study was conducted between May and August 2020. The e-survey was completed by 48/50 teaching primary care clinics representing 603/1,357 (44%) PHC providers.
resultsTelephone use increased the most, becoming the principal virtual modality of consultation, during the pandemic. Video consultations increased, with variations by type of PHC provider: between 2% and 16% reported using it "sometimes." The main perceived advantages of telehealth were minimizing the patient's need to travel, improved efficiency and reduction in infection transmission risk. The main disadvantages were the lack of physical exam and difficulties connecting with some patients.
conclusionThe variation in telehealth adoption by type of PHC provider may inform strategies to maximize the potential of telehealth and help create guidelines for its use in more normal times.
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