Physician Perspectives on Telemedicine in Radiation Oncology.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Telemedicine enthusiasm and uptake in radiation oncology rapidly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear if and how telemedicine should be used after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends is unclear. Herein, we report on our institution's provider experience after the mature adoption of telemedicine.

Methods and materials

We distributed a survey to all radiation oncology attending physicians at our institution in October 2021 to assess satisfaction, facilitators, and barriers to telemedicine implementation. We performed quantitative and qualitative analyses to characterize satisfaction and identify influencing factors whether telemedicine is employed. We calculated the average proportion of visits that providers expected to be appropriately perf

SUBMITTER: Maroongroge S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9598490 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature