Healthcare Service Utilization under a New Virtual Primary Care Delivery Model.

ABSTRACT: Background: Telemedicine holds great promise for changing healthcare delivery. While telemedicine has been used significantly in the direct-to-consumer setting, the use of telemedicine in a preventive primary care setting is not well studied. Introduction: ClickWell Care (CWC) is the first known implementation of a technology-enabled primary care model. We wanted to quantify healthcare utilization of primary care by patient characteristics and modality of care delivery. Materials and Methods: Our study population included those who completed a visit to a CWC clinic between January 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015. We compared patients based on utilization of CWCs in-person and virtual visits across the following domains: patient demo

SUBMITTER: Cheung L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061299 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature