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- Title
Lessons Learnt from Rapid Implementation of Telehealth in a Paediatric Dietetics' Outpatient Service: Is There a Silver Lining beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic to Support Patient-Centred Care?
- Authors
Llanos Jeri, Araceli; Lambert, Kelly; Mak, May; Diamantes, Marika
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to report on the differences in clinical and service engagement outcomes of patients attending the paediatric dietetic outpatient service at a major metropolitan hospital before the outbreak of the coronavirus (using face-to-face care) and during the pandemic (using telehealth). This paper also reports on learning lessons from the rapid implementation of telehealth in this service. This study collected pre- and post-coronavirus pandemic data from 44 paediatric patients. Data on outcomes pre- and post-implementation were analysed. There were no statistically significant differences between pre- and post-coronavirus data for growth (p = 0.92), adherence to dietetic recommendations (p = 0.08) or attendance rate (p = 1.00). This study also found a low uptake of virtual telehealth, technical issues and suboptimal anthropometric data collection associated with this modality of care. Telehealth was not associated with a change in clinical and service engagement outcomes. Thus, telehealth service delivery is not inferior to usual face–face dietetic care and has the potential to be a useful adjunct to usual nutrition care for paediatric health service users after the coronavirus pandemic.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; AUDITING; HUMAN growth; CROSS-sectional method; ANTHROPOMETRY; PATIENT-centered care; HEALTH outcome assessment; RETROSPECTIVE studies; URBAN hospitals; CONTINUUM of care; SURVEYS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEDICAL appointments; TELEMEDICINE; DIETETICS; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Dietetics, 2023, Vol 2, Issue 3, p267
- ISSN
2674-0311
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/dietetics2030019