Emergency physician perspectives on using telehealth with older adults during COVID-19: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Emergency medicine physicians have played a pivotal role throughout the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic through in-person and remote management and treatment. Our primary objectives were to understand emergency medicine physicians' experiences using telehealth throughout the pandemic, any facilitators/barriers to successful usage, lessons learned during implementation, and successful/abandoned strategies used to engage with older adults.

Methods

Using a semi-structured interview guide, we conducted 30-min interviews. We used purposeful sampling to recruit emergency medicine physicians from all United States regions, rural-urban settings, and academic and community practices, who reported caring for patients 65 years or older in-person or virtually durin

SUBMITTER: Davoodi NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature