Abstract S06-03: Cancer care telehealth utilization rates and provider attitudes in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California experience

Autor: Sharon Likely, Tilak Sundaresan, Gillian Kuehner, Christine B. Weldon, Julia Trossman, Raymond W. Liu, Yan Li, Tatjana Kolevska, Samantha A. Seaward, Amit Arora, Mary E. Reed, Elad Neeman
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Cancer Research. 26:S06-03
ISSN: 1557-3265
1078-0432
Popis: Background: In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the multidisciplinary care of cancer patients has rapidly evolved. This study aims to determine utilization trends of in-person, telephone, and video visits, before and after the California shelter-in-place (SIP) orders on 3/19/20, and assess perspectives of cancer care providers on telehealth. Methods: This study was conducted in 22 medical centers of a large integrated health care system. Utilization of different visit types in medical oncology (excluding infusion visits) was collected between 12/1/2019–5/24/2020, for a total of 104,588 visits. Chi-square with Yates correction was used for p-values. Voluntary, anonymous electronic surveys were sent to 276 cancer care providers measuring attitudes and experiences with telehealth. Overall, 68.8% responded: 101/128 medical oncologists (MedOnc), 34/37 radiation oncologists (RadOnc), 16/62 breast surgeons (Brst Surg), 18/28 breast oncology nurse navigators (OncNav), and 21/21 cancer survivorship advanced practitioners (SurvOnc). Results: Comparing visit types prior to and after SIP, in-person visits went from 55.3% to 3.3%, telephone visits went from 44.2% to 79%, and video visits went from 0.5% to 17.8% (p Conclusion: Overall, telehealth utilization has rapidly increased and is well accepted by various cancer care providers. Addressing technical issues and tailoring visit type to specific activities may further promote telehealth adoption and satisfaction. Citation Format: Elad Neeman, Tatjana Kolevska, Mary Reed, Tilak Sundaresan, Amit Arora, Yan Li, Samantha Seaward, Gillian Kuehner, Sharon Likely, Julia Trossman, Christine Weldon, Raymond Liu. Cancer care telehealth utilization rates and provider attitudes in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California experience [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 and Cancer; 2020 Jul 20-22. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2020;26(18_Suppl):Abstract nr S06-03.
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