The impact of a rapid home test on telehealth decision-making for influenza: a clinical vignette study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home testing for influenza has the potential to aid triage and management decisions for patients with influenza-like illness. As yet, little is known about the effect of the home influenza testing on clinical decision-making via telehealth. The goal of this study was to determine the clinicians' decision thresholds for influenza and whether the availability of a home influenza test affects clinical decisions.

Methods

We identified primary care physicians at 4 different sites in the US, largely via in-person continuing education meetings. Clinicians were asked for each vignette whether to treat empirically ("rule in"), ask the patient come to the clinic for further evaluation ("test"), or neither test nor treat ("rule out"). They were then given the results of a ho

SUBMITTER: Cai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006488 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature