Telehealth Use Following COVID-19 Within Patient-Sharing Physician Networks at a Rural Comprehensive Cancer Center: Cross-sectional Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer centers rapidly adopted telehealth to deliver care remotely. Telehealth will likely remain a model of care for years to come and may not only affect the way oncologists deliver care to their own patients but also the physicians with whom they share patients.

Objective

This study aimed to examine oncologist characteristics associated with telehealth use and compare patient-sharing networks before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural catchment area with a particular focus on the ties between physicians at the comprehensive cancer center and regional facilities.

Methods

In this retrospective observational study, we obtained deidentified electronic health record data for individuals diagnosed with breast, color

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848440 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature