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01-10-2020 | COVID-19 | Concise Research Report
Trends in Ambulatory Electronic Consultations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors:
Neelam A. Phadke, MD, Marcela G. del Carmen, MD, MPH, Susan A. Goldstein, MS, Jacqueline Vagle, MPH, Michael K. Hidrue, PhD, Eirian Siegal Botti, BA, Jason H. Wasfy, MD, MPhil
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Issue 10/2020
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Excerpt
SARS-CoV2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic,
1 has forced rapid changes in healthcare delivery. Telehealth has previously played a role in delivering ambulatory care in the setting of similar disasters.
2 Electronic consultations (e-consults), in particular, may be an effective method of sustaining specialty consultative care while preserving social distancing and reducing demands for personal protective equipment. Hypothesizing that e-consult requests would increase during the pandemic, we sought to define COVID-19-associated changes in e-consult requests. …