| Autor: |
Dhaduk, Kartik, Miller, Daniel, Schliftman, Alan, Athar, Ammar, Al Aseri, Zohair Ahmed, Echevarria, Alison, Hale, Brian, Scurlock, Corey, Becker, Christian |
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Telemedicine & e-Health; Jan2021, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p68-73, 6p |
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Background/Introduction: In-house dermatology consultation services for hospitalized patients are not universally available in acute care hospitals. We encountered an unanticipated access gap for in-person dermatology consultations in our tertiary care hospital that routinely cares for complex high acuity patients with multiple comorbidities. To bridge this gap in specialist expertise in a timely manner, we expeditiously designed and implemented a telemedicine-supported inpatient dermatology consultation service. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 155 teledermatology consultations conducted between November 2017 and March 2019 as well as periodic prospective multidisciplinary process improvement meetings to optimize service-associated process maps and workflows. Results: Teledermatology consultations changed the working diagnosis of the primary team in 52.3% of cases and most commonly recommended medical management (61.9% of cases). In total 100% of patients accepted telemedicine support and rated their experience as positive. The first three periodic process improvement meetings led to significant improvements in teledermatology-related process maps and workflows. Discussion: Diagnostic concordance rates between the primary team and the teledermatologist were similar to those reported in the literature for in-person dermatology consultations. Important process improvements include establishing central responsibility of preparing and overseeing the consultation process, mandating the presence of a primary team representative during consultation and patient chart review by the teledermatologist before teleconsultation. Conclusion: Inpatient teledermatology consultation services can be instituted timely and continuously improved to reliably and effectively bridge access gaps, improve diagnostic accuracy and differentiate therapeutic approaches while maintaining patient satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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