Telehealth as a new care delivery model: The headache provider experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess telehealth practice for headache visits in the United States.

Background

The rapid roll out of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic impacted headache specialists.

Methods

American Headache Society (AHS) members were emailed an anonymous survey (9/9/20-10/12/20) to complete if they had logged ≥2 months or 50+ headache visits via telehealth.

Results

Out of 1348 members, 225 (16.7%) responded. Most were female (59.8%; 113/189). Median age was 47 (interquartile range [IQR] 37-57) (N = 154). The majority were MD/DOs (83.7%; 159/190) or NP/PAs (14.7%; 28/190), and most (65.1%; 123/189) were in academia. Years in practice were 0-3: 28; 4-10: 58; 11-20: 42; 20+: 61. Median number of telehealth visits was 120 (IQR 77.5-250) in the prior 3 months.

SUBMITTER: Minen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature