The effect of eConsult on the provision of orthopaedic services in Nunavut
To assess the effect of eConsultation in providing Orthopaedic Surgery specialist service to patients in Nunavut. A cross-sectional study of 161 Orthopaedic Surgery consultations received from primary care providers (PCPs) in Nunavut via the Champlain Building Access to Specialist service through eC...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a46f0cb938954fb99c19c0bdf01ff0d0 2023-05-15T15:05:57+02:00 The effect of eConsult on the provision of orthopaedic services in Nunavut Alenko Sakanovic William J Hadden Sheena Guglani Amir Afkham Clare Liddy Erin Keely Brad Meulenkamp 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2151551 https://doaj.org/article/a46f0cb938954fb99c19c0bdf01ff0d0 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2022.2151551 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2022.2151551 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/a46f0cb938954fb99c19c0bdf01ff0d0 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 81, Iss 1 (2022) Orthopaedics referral remote consult Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2151551 2022-12-30T21:11:02Z To assess the effect of eConsultation in providing Orthopaedic Surgery specialist service to patients in Nunavut. A cross-sectional study of 161 Orthopaedic Surgery consultations received from primary care providers (PCPs) in Nunavut via the Champlain Building Access to Specialist service through eConsult (BASETM) service over the 2-year period from January 2017 to December 2018. Data captured were: reason for consultation, impact of advice on referral, perceived value to the PCPs and time spent. eConsult avoided unnecessary in-person consultation 62% of the time while catching 5% of the referrals that would have otherwise been missed. PCP referral behaviour was modified 48% of the time. 94% of eConsults were rated as valuable to PCPs in their practice and 100% of eConsults resulted in actionable advice. Further, eConsults took an average of 15.4 minutes of specialist time to complete, and the mean time from referral to response was 1.4 days. eConsultation spares unnecessary consultation to Orthopaedic Surgery, catches important referrals that would have otherwise been missed, decreases wait time, and may reduce cost in remote healthcare systems such as Nunavut. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Nunavut Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Nunavut International Journal of Circumpolar Health 81 1 |
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To assess the effect of eConsultation in providing Orthopaedic Surgery specialist service to patients in Nunavut. A cross-sectional study of 161 Orthopaedic Surgery consultations received from primary care providers (PCPs) in Nunavut via the Champlain Building Access to Specialist service through eConsult (BASETM) service over the 2-year period from January 2017 to December 2018. Data captured were: reason for consultation, impact of advice on referral, perceived value to the PCPs and time spent. eConsult avoided unnecessary in-person consultation 62% of the time while catching 5% of the referrals that would have otherwise been missed. PCP referral behaviour was modified 48% of the time. 94% of eConsults were rated as valuable to PCPs in their practice and 100% of eConsults resulted in actionable advice. Further, eConsults took an average of 15.4 minutes of specialist time to complete, and the mean time from referral to response was 1.4 days. eConsultation spares unnecessary consultation to Orthopaedic Surgery, catches important referrals that would have otherwise been missed, decreases wait time, and may reduce cost in remote healthcare systems such as Nunavut. |
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Alenko Sakanovic William J Hadden Sheena Guglani Amir Afkham Clare Liddy Erin Keely Brad Meulenkamp |
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Alenko Sakanovic William J Hadden Sheena Guglani Amir Afkham Clare Liddy Erin Keely Brad Meulenkamp |
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The effect of eConsult on the provision of orthopaedic services in Nunavut |
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The effect of eConsult on the provision of orthopaedic services in Nunavut |
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