Emergency Medicine Telehealth: A Pandemic Becomes a Gateway for Virtual Care in Missouri.

Nathanael J Smith, Brian J Bausano, Kori S Zachrison, Louis Jamtgaard, Jonathan Heidt, Christopher Palmer

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Article in Missouri medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

Emergency Department Utilization and Patient Acuity in the Setting of Care-Seeking Hesitancy: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Nathanael J SmithAssistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Global Health Equity Fellow at Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Brian J BausanoDirector of Recruitment and Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Kori S ZachrisonAssociate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Louis JamtgaardPractices in the Emergency Department, Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Jonathan HeidtDepartment of Emergency Medicine at University of Missouri - Columbia Health Care, Columbia, Missouri.

Christopher PalmerAssociate Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Washington University in St. Louis · USBoston University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMissouri Western State University · USUniversity of Missouri Health System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telehealth provides a novel bridge between patient needs and available resources. On-demand telehealth visits provide urgent medical services in a virtual setting. Telehealth can be used to provide care for patients despite geographical distance. Emergency Medicine quickly adapted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic through utilization of telehealth to solve various problems. Tele-triage was used to coordinate COVID-19 testing and treatment. Greater utilization of all current and emerging telehealth modalities could increase access and quality of care for all Missourians.

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COVID-19Emergency MedicineTelemedicineCOVID-19 TestingHumansMissouriPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID36337995

PMCPMC9616448

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