A cohort study of a general surgery electronic consultation system: safety implications and impact on surgical yield
2017
Background
Electronic consultation (eConsult) systems have enhanced access to specialty expertise and enhanced care coordination among primary care and specialty care providers, while maintaining high primary care provider (PCP), specialist and patient satisfaction. Little is known about their impact on the efficiency of specialty care delivery, in particular surgical yield (percent of ambulatory visits resulting in a scheduled surgical case).
Keywords:
- Emergency medicine
- Patient satisfaction
- Family medicine
- Specialty
- Nursing
- Public health
- Cohort study
- Health administration
- Health informatics
- Nursing research
- Electronic consultation
- Medicine
- Remote Consultation
- General surgery
- Ambulatory Visit
- Patient safety
- Medical emergency
- Emergency department
- Retrospective cohort study
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