Online genetic counseling from the providers' perspective: counselors' evaluations and a time and cost analysis.

ABSTRACT: Telemedicine applications are increasingly being introduced in patient care in various disciplines, including clinical genetics, mainly to increase access to care and to reduce time and costs for patients and professionals. Most telegenetics reports describe applications in large geographical areas, showing positive patients' and professionals' satisfaction. One economic analysis published thus far reported lower costs than in-person care. We hypothesized that telegenetics can also be beneficial from the professional's view in relatively small geographical areas. We performed a pilot study in the Northern Netherlands of 51 home-based online counseling sessions for cardiogenetic and oncogenetic cascade screening, and urgent prenatal counseling. Previously, we showed patient satisfaction, an

SUBMITTER: Otten E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4989197 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature