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- Title
The Webcam Will See You Now: A Review of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Era.
- Authors
Spiegel, Jake
- Abstract
A study examining outcomes for diabetes patients using telemedicine platforms found evidence to suggest that telemedicine had a positive impact on patients' abilities to self-manage their HbA1c levels (Borries et al. 2019). Of the 44 studies examined, a plurality found that patients preferred using telemedicine over in-person visits, believed telemedicine offered an improved communication experience, or found telemedicine platforms easy to use. In particular, they noted that third-party telemedicine consultations are significantly cheaper than in-person consultations and telemedicine consultations through their own doctor's telemedicine platform, a discrepancy that they thought would be unsustainable in the longer term. A systematic review of patient experiences with telemedicine indicates that patients tended to be satisfied with the care they received through telemedicine (Kruse et al. 2017).
- Publication
EBRI Issue Brief, 2021, Issue 528, p1
- ISSN
0887-137X
- Publication type
Academic Journal