Factors Determining Patients' Choice Between Mobile Health and Telemedicine: Predictive Analytics Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The solution to the growing problem of rural residents lacking health care access may be found in the use of telemedicine and mobile health (mHealth). Using mHealth or telemedicine allows patients from rural or remote areas to have better access to health care.

Objective

The objective of this study was to understand factors influencing the choice of communication medium for receiving care, through the analysis of mHealth versus telemedicine encounters with a virtual urgent clinic.

Methods

We conducted a postdeployment evaluation of a new virtual health care service, Virtual Urgent Clinic, which uses mHealth and telemedicine modalities to provide patient care. We used a multinomial logistic model to test the significance and predictive power of a set of feat

SUBMITTER: Khairat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature