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- Title
Evaluating Telehealth Implementation in the Context of Pediatric Chronic Pain Treatment during COVID-19.
- Authors
Richardson, Patricia A.; Parker, Delana M.; Chavez, Krystal; Birnie, Kathryn A.; Krane, Elliot J.; Simons, Laura E.; Cunningham, Natoshia R.; Bhandari, Rashmi P.
- Abstract
Telehealth has emerged as a promising healthcare delivery modality due to its ability to ameliorate traditional access-level barriers to treatment. In response to the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, multidisciplinary pain clinics either rapidly built telehealth infrastructure from the ground up or ramped up existing services. As the use of telehealth increases, it is critical to develop data collection frameworks that guide implementation. This applied review provides a theoretically-based approach to capitalize on existing data sources and collect novel data to inform virtually delivered care in the context of pediatric pain care. Reviewed multisource data are (1) healthcare administrative data; (2) electronic chart review; (3) clinical health registries; and (4) stakeholder feedback. Preliminary telehealth data from an interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain management clinic (PPMC) serving youth ages 8–17 years are presented to illustrate how relevant implementation outcomes can be extracted from multisource data. Multiple implementation outcomes were assessed, including telehealth adoption rates, patient clinical symptoms, and mixed-method patient-report telehealth satisfaction. This manuscript provides an applied roadmap to leverage existing data sources and incorporate stakeholder feedback to guide the implementation of telehealth in pediatric chronic pain settings through and beyond COVID-19. Strengths and limitations of the modeled data collection approach are discussed within the broader context of implementation science.
- Subjects
TELEMEDICINE; CHRONIC pain; PAIN in children; COVID-19 pandemic; PAIN clinics
- Publication
Children, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children8090764