The study found high rates of appropriate e-consults across specialties, supporting that e-consults are efficient compared with in-person visits https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/M19-3852
E-Consults provide a safe and effective means of triaging and providing recommendations for patients with vascular disease. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31611112/
Hospitalists and ID specialists reported high satisfaction with e-consults. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/7/1/ofaa003/5707687
A California Medi-Cal managed care plan demonstrates support for an FQHC e-consult program.
84% of referring providers agreed that gastroenterology e-consults promoted good patient care and were satisfied with the program. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1357633X18781189
Gastroenterology e-referrals not scheduled resulted in few adverse outcomes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27456415/
Use of virtual consults in a fee-for-service, academic medical center setting significantly improved quality and access to endocrine care. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25667365/
An LA provider shares his experience addressing a patient’s colon cancer through e-consult.