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E-CONSULT WORKGROUP RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

A manuscript published in the International Journal of Quality Health Care titled, “Improving Primary Care Access to Respirologists Using eConsult” describes the findings from a retrospective review of 26,679 respirology eConsults. The publication details the most common topics and the most common types of questions asked by PCPs. The analysis found that in 23% of…

The E-Consult Workgroup is a gathering of provider organizations, payers, and patient advocate organizations from across the country who share program successes, best practices and published research supporting the expansion and sustainability of e-consult. This month’s Roundtable featured a presentation by Dr. Karen Rubin, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and Endocrinologist, speaking…

The Central Valley Health Network’s February 2021 meeting featured a presentation on the Central Valley e-Consult Coalition work to support clinics and health systems in the region by providing no-cost access to electronic consult (e-consult) in order to improve Medi-Cal patient access to specialty care and enhance care coordination between primary providers and specialists. View…

E-Consults and telemedicine can result in improved access to specialty care for underserved patients. You can access the article here.

Registration for Annual Meetings of E-Consult Workgroup and California Telehealth Policy Coalition, November 16-17, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improving-access-to-care-in-a-time-of-crisis-and-beyond-tickets-121111109589

Specialists’ use of virtual communications to deliver care instead of in-person recommendations increased during the pandemic.

This month’s webinar started with presentations by Grace Song, MD, CA Correctional Health Services Deputy Medical Executive and Stanley Frencher, Jr., MD, CEO of HubMD on increased e-consult use for correctional healthcare since the COVID-19 surge. Then Aasta Thielke, MPH from the Center for Evidence-Based Policy, gave a detailed presentation on the research methods and conclusions of…

Pediatric dermatology e-consults reduce needs for face-to-face visits and offer potential costs savings for payers and patients. Access the article here.

E-Consults can replace some in-person specialty consultations, provides clinical guidance and reducing the risk of in-person visits to both patients and physicians. You can access the article here.

This study demonstrates 70% of resolution of e-consults without a face-to-face visit, a benefit for seniors that face challenges to travel to appointments. You can access the article here.

E-consults significantly improve care for Medicaid patients by decreasing the need for face-to-face visits and enabling PCPs to address specialty-related issues. You can access the article here.

UCSF assessment of patient acceptance of e-consult in academic medical centers across the US. https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/1/35.full

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

E-Consults provide an educational benefit to primary care providers and positively impact patient outcomes. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292825/

Dermatology e-consult demonstrated high patient satisfaction, provider efficiency and acceptance. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1357633X18799805