Application of telemedicine video visits in a maternal-fetal medicine practice at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine in obstetrics has mostly been described in the rural areas that have limited access to subspecialties. During the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems rapidly expanded telemedicine services for urgent and nonurgent healthcare delivery, even in urban settings. The New York University health system implemented a prompt systemwide expansion of video-enabled telemedicine visits, increasing telemedicine to >8000 visits daily within 6 weeks of the beginning of the pandemic. There are limited studies that explore patient and provider satisfaction of telemedicine visits in obstetrical patients during the COVID-19 epidemic, particularly in the United States.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate both the patients' and the providers' satisfaction with the adminis

SUBMITTER: Tozour JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature