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ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2024

Identifying policy alternatives to enable the virtual establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

Sue M Neal, Mike J Greenberg

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  2. Breaking down the barriers to accessible veterinary care.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2024
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Sue M NealDepartment of Political Science, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4748-508X
Mike J GreenbergVeterinary Care Accessibility Project, Rochester, MI, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis research seeks to identify an existing policy stream around the establishment of a veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) through telemedicine to provide evidence of, and advance policy alternatives for, states and countries looking to allow this practice responsibly. This is seen as an important step for access to veterinary care, particularly for cats.

methodsThe multiple streams policy framework requires identification of a centering event, problem stream, policy stream and politics stream in order to have the necessary conditions for policy change to occur. This research identifies that policy stream through thematic content analysis. State-level policies from across the entire USA that address the virtual establishment of a physician-patient relationship were analyzed to provide themes that could be applied to similar policies in veterinary medicine.

resultsTen key themes were identified and further organized into four high-order concepts through the thematic content analysis. Detailed accounting of the specific policy alternatives is provided in the supplementary materials. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The themes and concepts presented provide evidence of a robust policy stream. This content analysis, and the supporting supplementary details, provide many options to guide states in the development of sound policies for the virtual establishment of a VCPR by drawing from the more matured field of human medicine.

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TelemedicineVeterinariansAnimalsCatsHumansPolicyaccess to carepolicytelehealthtelemedicineVCPR

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PMID38478919
PMCPMC10983609

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