A basic technology akin to email — electronic consultations or e-consults — can reduce patient wait times for specialist physicians, according to The New York Times columnist Austin Frakt, PhD, ...

The Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System saw a rapid increase in preoperative electronic consultations over a four-year period driven by perceived workflow efficiencies by clinicians at four ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Allergy and asthma specialists can use e-consults to reduce the number of unnecessary referrals by providing ...

This paper identified 4 factors associated with implementation success of e-consults in 8 VA medical centers, with implications for implementing similar health IT initiatives elsewhere. Objectives: In ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An e-consult program for oncologists and allergy specialists had a mean turnaround time of 19.7 hours. Nine out ...

Medicaid will reimburse some health centers in the state for providing patients with access to medical specialist through electronic consultations, which some providers believe will increase ...

According to research presented today at AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting, use by physicians of electronic consultations (e-consults) increases access to specialists' care for patients who ...

An e-consultation program created by the Veterans Health Administration to improve care for transgender patients is a viable option and complements other offerings within the VHA, according to a study ...

—See how infectious disease e-consults have made care more efficient and which topics still favor face-to-face consultations. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Chief, Pulmonary Section, US Department of ...

There is a nationwide shortage of pediatric specialists, delaying care for many patients. In some cases, children wait weeks or even months for appointments. But now, in a study published in the ...

Since October 2016, when it started using a new telehealth technology, ConcertoHealth has seen 73 percent of its new e-consults replace the need for patients to see specialists face-to-face. Further, ...

Medicaid will reimburse some health centers in the state for providing patients with access to medical specialist through electronic consultations, which some providers believe will increase ...