التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Changes to telehealth practices in primary care in New Brunswick (Canada): A comparative study pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| المؤلفون: |
Claire Johnson, Jérémie B Dupuis, Pierre Goguen, Gabrielle Grenier |
| المصدر: |
Public Library of Science, PLOS ONE. 16(11):1-11 |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| الوصف: |
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth technologies were used in the primary health care setting in New Brunswick as a means to continue providing care to patients while following public health guidelines. This study aimed to measure these changes and examine if they improved timely access to primary care. A secondary goal was to identify which telehealth technologies were deemed sustainable by primary care providers. Methods: This was a comparative study on the use of telehealth technology before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between April 2020 and November 2020, 114 active primary care providers (family physicians or nurse practitioners) responded to the online survey. Results: The findings illustrated an increase in the use of telehealth technologies. The use of phone consultations increased by 122%, from 43.9% pre-pandemic to 97.6% during the pandemic (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
redif-article |
| اللغة: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0258 |
| الإتاحة: |
https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0258839.html |
| رقم الأكسشن: |
edsrep.a.plo.pone00.0258839 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
RePEc |
