ArticleMedical care research and review : MCRR2023
Implementing a COVID-19 Virtual Observation Unit in Emergency Medicine: Frontline Clinician and Staff Experiences.
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- Communication Strategies to Promote Patient Engagement in Telemedicine: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
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- Practitioners' perspectives on implementation of acute virtual wards: A scoping review.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- An Emergency Department Virtual Observation Unit Fall Prevention Program: A Pilot Acceptability Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Pediatric capacity crisis: A framework and strategies to prepare for a pediatric surge.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
- Perceptions of Acute Care Telemedicine Among Caregivers for Persons Living with Dementia: A Qualitative Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities in Federally Qualified Health Centers.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Can tablet video-based telehealth assessment of the abdomen safely determine the need for abdominal imaging? A pilot study.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2023Article
- Patient Experience With an In-Home COVID Virtual Observation Unit: An Analysis.Journal of patient experience · 2023Article
- ASSESSING PARAMEDICS' PERSPECTIVES ON AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VIRTUAL OBSERVATION UNIT FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM.International journal of paramedicineArticle
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed hospitals to deliver care outside of their four walls. To successfully scale virtual care delivery, it is important to understand how its implementation affects frontline workers, including their teamwork and patient-provider interactions. We conducted in-depth interviews of 17 clinicians and staff involved with the COVID-19 Virtual Observation Unit (CVOU) in the emergency department (ED) of an academic hospital. The program leveraged remote patient monitoring and mobile integrated health care. In the CVOU (vs. the ED), participants observed increases in interactions among clinicians and staff, patient participation in care delivery, attention to nonmedical factors, and involvement of coordinators and paramedics in patient care. These changes were associated with unintended, positive consequences for staff, namely, feeling heard, experience of meaningfulness, and positive attitudes toward virtual care. This study advances research on reconfiguration of roles following implementation of new practices using digital tools, virtual work interactions, and at-home care delivery.
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