Impact of COVID-19 on Infants followed after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Using a Telemedicine Model.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to have a profound impact on infant health care and health outcomes. In this study, we aimed to characterize the social impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on families in a neonatal follow-up program (NFP). Given the ongoing increased use of telehealth across the medicine, we also evaluated for patient-level differences in virtual visit rates to identify patients at risk of follow-up challenges.

Study design

To assess the impact of virtual health care utilization, we conducted a retrospective cohort study to describe challenges associated with telemedicine use in this vulnerable patient population during our telemedicine epoch (March 13, 2020-July 31, 2020). We also looked for patient-level factors associated with att

SUBMITTER: Montoya-Williams D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349908 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature