Telehealth use in Australian primary healthcare during COVID-19: a cross-sectional descriptive survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to investigate Australian primary healthcare professionals' experiences of the rapid upscaling of telehealth during COVID-19.

Design

A cross-sectional survey.

Participants and setting

Two hundred and seventeen general practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals employed in primary healthcare settings across Australia were recruited via social media and professional organisations.

Methods

An online survey was disseminated between December 2020 and March 2021. The survey comprised items about individual demographics, experiences of delivering telehealth consultations, perceived quality of telehealth consultations and future perceptions of telehealth.

Results

Telephone was the most widely used method of providing telehea

SUBMITTER: Halcomb EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9826926 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature