Home Virtual Visits for Outpatient Follow-Up Stroke Care: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely, in-person access to health care is a challenge for people living with conditions such as stroke that result in frailty, loss of independence, restrictions in driving and mobility, and physical and cognitive decline. In Southeastern Ontario, access is further complicated by rurality and the long travel distances to visit physician clinics. There is a need to make health care more accessible and convenient. Home virtual visits (electronic visits, eVisits) can conveniently connect physicians to patients. Physicians use a secure personal videoconferencing tool to connect to patients in their homes. Patients use their device of choice (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop) for the visit.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the feasibility and logistics of im

SUBMITTER: Appireddy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803894 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature