Factors associated with emergency department adoption of telemedicine: 2014 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Telemedicine is used by emergency departments (EDs) to connect patients with specialty consultation and resources not available locally. Despite its utility, uptake of telemedicine in EDs has varied. We studied characteristics associated with telemedicine adoption during a 4-year period.

Methods

We analyzed data from the 2014 National Emergency Department Inventory (NEDI)-New England survey and follow-up data from 2016 and 2017 NEDI-USA and 2018 NEDI-New England surveys, with data from the Center for Connected Health Policy. Among EDs not using telemedicine in 2014, we examined characteristics associated with adoption by 2018.

Results

Of the 159 New England EDs with available data, 80 (50%) and 125 (79%) reported telemedicine receipt in 2014 and 2018, respec

SUBMITTER: Zachrison KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature