Electronic Consultations in Inpatient Allergy/Immunology
Inpatient e-consults efficiently deliver allergist guidance, maintaining quality of care while minimally disrupting ambulatory practice. You can access the article here.
Editorial Team
Patients Assess an eConsult Model’s Acceptability at 5 US Academic Medical Centers (UC San Francisco)
UCSF assessment of patient acceptance of e-consult in academic medical centers across the US. https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/1/35.full
Partnership Health Plan Telehealth Policy
Partnership Health Plan Telehealth Policy
Patients Assess E-Consult Acceptability at 5 US Academic Medical Centers (Annals of Family Medicine)
Patients are positive about e-consults as long as they don’t replace needed in-person appointments or require copays. https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/1/35.full
E-Consult Implementation Lessons From 5 County-Based Delivery Systems
Successful e-consult implementations leverage primary care and specialty care clinician relationships and integrate EHR and e-consult platforms. https://www.ajmc.com/view/econsult-implementation-success-lessons-from-5-countybased-delivery-systems
Association of a Remote Infectious Diseases E-Consult Service With Improved Clinical Outcomes
Hospitalists and ID specialists reported high satisfaction with e-consults. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7/1/ofaa003/5707687
CMMI E-Consult CORE Program
CMMI Project CORE: Coordinating Optimal Referral Experiences https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/mission-areas/health-care/project-core
California Department of Managed Health Care Annual Network Reporting Form for Managed Care Plans’ Telehealth Providers
Reporting mechanism for plans to share telehealth networks with State agencies. https://www.dmhc.ca.gov/LicensingReporting/SubmitHealthPlanFilings/TimelyAccessReport.aspx
LA County Maternal Mental Health E-Consult Pilot: Provider Willingness and IT Challenges
E-Consult supports women struggling with maternal mental health needs. Access PDF article here:
E-Consults in Allergy/Immunology
E-consult implementation resulted in decreased in-person wait times despite an increase in overall consult volume. https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(19)30496-9/abstract
Improving Equity of Access Through Electronic Consultation
E-consult links between primary care providers and specialists improve care quality avoiding the long wait times of care inequity. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00279/full
Medi-Cal Telehealth Provider Manual
California State Medicaid manual for provider delivery of telehealth including e-consult. https://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/publications/masters-mtp/Part2/mednetele.pdf
Hepatology E-Consults Reduce Wait Time, Improve Communication, and Result in Cost Savings
E-Consults decreased wait time of 68 days for face-to-face appointments to 22 hours via e-consults. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719752/#hep41402-bib-0001
Medi-Cal All Plan Letter
California State Medicaid letter directing plans to support provider use of telehealth and e-consult.
California Department of Managed Health Care E-Consult Reporting
State agency process for reporting process and networks involved in Medicaid plan-supported e-consult programs. https://www.dmhc.ca.gov/LicensingReporting/SubmitHealthPlanFilings.aspx