We Cannot Put This Genie Back in the Bottle: Qualitative Interview Study Among Family Medicine Providers About Their Experiences With Virtual Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When a genie is freed from its bottle, things cannot be restored to the way they were before. At the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, health care systems adjusted how they delivered care overnight. Primary care practices switched from seeing patients in person to virtual care applications, including video and phone visits, e-visits, e-consults, and messaging with clinicians. Prior to the pandemic, these applications were not as widely used, but discussions around their advantages and disadvantages in some settings were being explored. Emergency regulatory changes spurred by the pandemic freed this virtual care "genie" from its bottle. Wide-scale adoption of virtual care in family medicine has much potential, as primary care services are often a patient's first

SUBMITTER: Spiess ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10502598 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature