ArticleHealthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2022
Use of telemedicine for initial outpatient subspecialist consultative visit: A national survey of general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists.
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- Investigating Continuance Intention for Telehealth Visits in Children's Hospitals: Survey-Based Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Pediatric subspecialty outreach clinics: reach and impact on access to care.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- General and subspecialist pediatrician perspectives on barriers and strategies for referral: a latent profile analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Telemedicine in an adolescent and young adult medicine clinic: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Perceived Usefulness of Increased Telemedicine Use by Pediatric Subspecialists: A National Survey.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence-based strategies are needed to support appropriate use of telemedicine for initial outpatient subspecialty consultative visits. To inform such strategies we performed a survey of general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists about use of telemedicine for patients newly referred for pediatric subspecialty care.
methodsWe developed and fielded an e-mail and postal survey of a national sample of 840 general pediatricians and 840 pediatric subspecialists in May and June 2020.
resultsOf 266 completed surveys (17% response rate), 204 (76%) thought telemedicine should be offered for some and 29 (11%) thought telemedicine should be offered for all initial subspecialist visits. Most respondents who indicated telemedicine should be offered for some initial consultations believed this decision should be made by subspecialty attendings (176/204, 86%). Respondents prioritized several data elements to inform this decision, including clinical information and family-based contextual information (e.g., barriers to in-person care, interest in telemedicine, potential communication barriers). Factors perceived to reduce appropriateness of telemedicine for subspecialty consultation included need for interpreter services and prior history of frequent no-shows. Responses from generalists and subspecialists rarely differed significantly.
conclusionsSurvey results suggest potential opportunities to support the appropriate use of telemedicine for initial outpatient pediatric subspecialty visits through structured transfer of specific clinical and contextual information at the time of referral and through strategies to mitigate perceived communication or engagement barriers. IMPLICATION: Pediatric physician beliefs about telemedicine for initial outpatient subspecialty consultative visits may inform future interventions to support appropriate telemedicine use. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Survey of a national sample of clinicians.
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