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- Title
Electronic Consults for Infectious Diseases in a United States Multisite Academic Health System.
- Authors
Wood, Brian R; Bender, Jessica A; Jackson, Sara; Rosengaus, Leah; Pottinger, Paul S; Gottlieb, Geoffrey S; Dhanireddy, Shireesha; Harrington, Robert D; Pruzhanskaya, Yuliya; Chew, Lisa D; Scott, John D
- Abstract
We launched Infectious Disease electronic consultations (eConsults) in 2018. During the first 15.5 months, primary care practitioners submitted 328 eConsults; the most frequent reasons were a positive culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result, syphilis, and latent tuberculosis. Practitioners commonly requested advice on antimicrobial choice, clinical evaluation, and indications for treatment. Internal phone consultations decreased after eConsult implementation.
- Subjects
COMMUNICABLE diseases; DISEASE progression; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 4, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa101