Perceptions and Attitudes of Patients and Health Care Stakeholders on Implementing a Telehealth Service for Preoperative Evaluation: A Qualitative Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies suggest that preoperative evaluation can be effectively conducted through telehealth. As the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, we hypothesize that a new telehealth model of care may be feasibly implemented for preoperative evaluation at our institution. This qualitative study seeks to evaluate the attitudes and perception of elective surgery patients and health care providers toward telehealth conducted for preanesthesia evaluation.

Methods

At a tertiary women's hospital in Asia, health care providers and elective surgery patients were recruited by convenience and snowball sampling to undergo one-on-one semistructured interviews regarding a new telehealth model of care for preanesthesia evaluation, under-pinned by the Normalization

SUBMITTER: Lew E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523403 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature