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- Title
Improving Access to Rheumatologists: Use and Benefits of an Electronic Consultation Service.
- Authors
Rostom, Krista; Smith, C Douglas; Liddy, Clare; Afkham, Amir; Keely, Erin
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To describe the use and benefits of an innovative eConsult service to improve access to rheumatologists.<bold>Methods: </bold>There were 225 eConsults directed to rheumatology that were categorized by type of question and effect on face-to-face referral rates.<bold>Results: </bold>The median response time by the rheumatologists was 1.9 days. Clinical questions included drug treatment (34%), diagnosis (26%), or management (14%). Osteoporosis was the most common diagnosis (22%), followed by pain in multiple joints (11%), and polyarthritis (10%). A face-to-face referral was avoided in 38% of cases.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>There are clinical questions that can be answered quickly by an eConsult, improving access to rheumatologists.
- Publication
Journal of Rheumatology, 2017, Vol 44, Issue 11, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0315-162X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3899/jrheum.161529