Primary Care Practitioners’ Perceptions of Electronic Consult Systems | Zendy

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Primary Care Practitioners’ Perceptions of Electronic Consult Systems

Author(s) -

Michelle S. Lee,

Kristin N. Ray,

Ateev Mehrotra,

Paul Giboney,

Hal F. Yee,

Michael L. Barnett

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0738

Subject(s) - specialty , medicine , referral , family medicine , primary care , workflow , perception , safety net , nursing , management , neuroscience , economics , biology , environmental health

Safety-net health systems across the country are implementing electronic consult (eConsult) systems in which primary care practitioners (PCPs) submit all requests for specialty assistance electronically to be reviewed and discussed with specialists. Evidence suggests that eConsult systems can make significant improvements in specialty access, but the outcomes of these systems for frontline PCPs is poorly understood.

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