Article: Telehealth for Endocrinology: Experience and Effect on Utilization in the Prepandemic Era.
2021 Volume 27, Issue 10, Page(s) 1017–1021
Abstract: ... for endocrinology in a prepandemic environment with the hypothesis that TH would not increase the utilization ... for endocrinology patients, without increasing utilization of total visits or ancillary services. ... in endocrinology, consisting of 75 patients seen via TH and 225 patients seen in CVL visits. For most patients, TH ...
| Abstract | Objective: Telehealth (TH) use in endocrinology was limited before the COVID-19 pandemic but will remain a major modality of care postpandemic. Reimbursement policies have been limited historically due to concerns of overutilization of visits and testing. Additionally, there is limited literature on endocrinology care delivered via TH for conditions other than diabetes. We assess real-world TH use for endocrinology in a prepandemic environment with the hypothesis that TH would not increase the utilization of total visits or related ancillary testing services compared with conventional (CVL) face-to-face office visits. Methods: A single-institution retrospective cohort study assessing the prepandemic use of TH in endocrinology, consisting of 75 patients seen via TH and 225 patients seen in CVL visits. For most patients, TH was conducted via a clinic-to-clinic model. Outcomes measured were total endocrine visit frequency and frequency of related laboratory and radiology testing per patient, hemoglobin A1C, microalbumin, low-density lipoprotein, thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroglobulin, and thyroid ultrasounds. Results: For all endocrine visits, TH patients had a median of 0.24 (interquartile range, 0.015-0.36) visits per month. CVL patients had a median of 0.20 visits per month (interquartile range, 0.11-0.37). Total visits per month did not vary significantly between groups (P = .051). Hemoglobin A1C outcomes were equivalent and there was no increase in ancillary laboratory testing for the TH group. Conclusion: Our observations demonstrate that, in a prepandemic health care setting, TH visits can provide equivalent care for endocrinology patients, without increasing utilization of total visits or ancillary services. |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Retrospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Telemedicine | ||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||
| Publishing date | 2021-06-18 | ||||||||||
| Publishing country | United States | ||||||||||
| Document type | Journal Article | ||||||||||
| ZDB-ID | 1473503-9 | ||||||||||
| ISSN | 1530-891X | ||||||||||
| ISSN | 1530-891X | ||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.06.009 | ||||||||||
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