Doctoring from home: Physicians' perspectives on the advantages of remote care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders as well as shortages of personal protective equipment forced primary care physicians (PCPs) to transition rapidly from in-person visits to telehealth. While telehealth expanded extensively in a short period of time, research about the consequences of the shift to remote care is lacking. The objective of this qualitative study was to examine how telehealth benefited PCPs and their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

From July to August 2020, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 PCPs associated with a single academic medical center to examine their perspectives about delivering care remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed u

SUBMITTER: DePuccio MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9162302 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature