Pediatric subspecialty telemedicine use from the patient and provider perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To characterize telemedicine use among pediatric subspecialties with respect to clinical uses of telemedicine, provider experience, and patient perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We performed a mixed-methods study of telemedicine visits across pediatric endocrinology, nephrology, orthopedic surgery, and rheumatology at a large children's hospital. We used deductive analysis to review observational data from 40 video visits. Providers and patients/caregivers were surveyed around areas of satisfaction and communication.

Results

We found adaptations of telemedicine including shared-screen use and provider-guided parent procedures among others. All providers felt that it was safest for their patients to conduct visits by video, and 72.7% reported

SUBMITTER: Pooni R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7984505 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature