Telemedicine for the pediatric preoperative assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evaluating patient and provider satisfaction

被引：7

作者：

Geng-Ramos, Giuliana ^{[1
]}

Taneja, Richa ^{[1
]}

Challa, Chaitanya ^{[1
]}

Colon, Caroll Vazquez- ^{[1
]}

Cronin, Jessica ^{[1
]}

Campos, Ana ^{[2
]}

Selekman, Rachel ^{[3
]}

Rana, Md Sohel ^{[4
]}

Melwani, Anjna ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] George Washington Univ, Childrens Natl Hosp, Div Anesthesiol Pain & Perioperat Med, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 USA

[2] George Washington Univ, Milken Inst Publ Hlth, 950 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20037 USA

[3] George Washington Univ, Childrens Natl Hosp, Div Urol, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 USA

[4] Childrens Natl Hosp, Joseph E Robert Jr Ctr Surg Care, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 USA

[5] George Washington Univ, Div Hosp Med, Childrens Natl Hosp, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 USA

来源：

PERIOPERATIVE CARE AND OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT | 2022年 / 27卷

关键词：

Telemedicine; Anesthesia; Pediatric surgery; Patient satisfaction; COVID-19; CARE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.pcorm.2022.100252

中图分类号：

R614 [麻醉学];

学科分类号：

100217 ;

摘要：

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges in delivering healthcare to surgical patients. To avoid delays in patient care while still minimizing COVID-19 infection risk to patients and providers, anesthesiology preoperative clinics were presented with the opportunity to implement telemedicine to assess patients' risks prior to surgery. This study explores patient and provider satisfaction with video-based telemedicine preoperative clinic visits during the COVID-19 pandemic via a patient and provider satisfaction survey. A vast majority (>93%) of patients expressed overall satisfaction with telemedicine visits. Similarly, >85% of providers agreed with the benefits of and expressed overall satisfaction with the preoperative telemedicine visits. Overall, patient and provider study participants had positive feedback in response to anesthesia preoperative telemedicine visits. Future studies could assess the preference of telemedicine to in-person visits once the fears of COVID19 spread have been mitigated, as well as an assessment of outcomes comparing telemedicine and in-person visits.

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