Provider Satisfaction With Infectious Diseases Telemedicine Consults for Hospitalized Patients During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Author(s) -
Joseph Canterino,
Kaicheng Wang,
Marjorie Golden
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab479
Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , coronavirus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medical emergency , family medicine , disease , emergency medicine , health care , virology , outbreak , economics , economic growth
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, our institution transitioned infectious diseases (ID) consultations on hospitalized patients to telemedicine. We evaluated satisfaction with telemedicine among referring providers and ID consultants. Respondents were satisfied with telemedicine consults for hospitalized patients, although there were significant differences in perceptions of quality and timeliness between consultants and referring providers.
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