Surgery Provider Perceptions on Telehealth Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Room for Improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has mandated rapid adoption of telehealth for surgical care. However, many surgical providers may be unfamiliar with telehealth. This study evaluates the perspectives of surgical providers practicing telehealth care during COVID-19 to help identify targets for surgical telehealth optimization.

Materials and methods

At a single tertiary care center with telehealth capabilities, all department of surgery providers (attending surgeons, residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers) were emailed a voluntary survey focused on telehealth during the pandemic. Descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U analyses were performed as appropriate on responses. Text responses were thematically coded to identify key concepts.

Results

The completion rate was 4

SUBMITTER: Kemp MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664345 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature