General Practitioners' Perspectives About Remote Dermatology Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands: Questionnaire-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of primary care and stimulated the use of digital health solutions such as remote digital dermatology care. In the Netherlands, remote store-and-forward dermatology care was already integrated into Dutch general practice before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is unclear how general practitioners (GPs) experienced this existing digital dermatology care during the pandemic period.

Objective

We investigated GPs' perspectives about facilitators and barriers related to store-and-forward digital dermatology care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, using a sociotechnical approach.

Methods

In December 2021, a web-based questionnaire was distributed via email to approximately 3257 GPs who could perform a di

SUBMITTER: Tensen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature