Using electronic consultation (eConsult) to identify frailty in provider-to-provider communication: a feasibility and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a complex age-related clinical condition that increases vulnerability to stressors. Early recognition of frailty is challenging. While primary care providers (PCPs) serve as the first point of contact for most older adults, convenient tools for identifying frailty in primary care are lacking. Electronic consultation (eConsult), a platform connecting PCPs to specialists, is a rich source of provider-to-provider communication data. Text-based patient descriptions on eConsult may provide opportunities for earlier identification of frailty. We sought to explore the feasibility and validity of identifying frailty status using eConsult data.

Methods

eConsult cases closed in 2019 and submitted on behalf of long-term care (LTC) residents or community-dwelling o

SUBMITTER: Hakimjavadi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9999527 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature