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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shi, Jinming
• Tan, Zhongke
• Ma, Qianqian
• Sun, Dongxu
• Lu, Yaoen
• ye, Ming
• Wang, Linlin
• Cui, Fangfang
• He, Xianying
• Fan, Zhaohan
• Zhao, Jie

Titel

Implementation, service effectiveness and satisfaction with teleconsultation services in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: from the Perspective of Primary Health Care Professionals

Ist Teil von

• International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland), 2023-10, Vol.178, p.105202-105202, Article 105202

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study aims to evaluate satisfaction and service effectiveness of primary hospital physicians participating in the National Telemedicine Center of China during the COVID-19 period, and to identify potential improvement suggestions. An online questionnaire was developed to assess the impact and satisfaction of teleconsultation services. A teleconsultation manager from each of the 98 hospitals randomly invited the medical staff involved in teleconsultation to complete the online questionnaire. A total of 379 health care professionals responded to the online questionnaire, with a mean age of 36.74 years. Out of these respondents, 95.5% had a positive attitude towards teleconsultation during the epidemic. Only 6.6% believed that teleconsultation systems were not useful in preventing and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Those respondents who were very satisfied with teleconsultation participated in it 1.81 times per week averagely. Factors related to satisfaction included weekly participation frequency（P=.003）, patient data quality(P=.023), equipment operation proficiency（P=.006）, audio and video clarity and smoothness（P=.004, P=.020）, environmental satisfaction（P=.032）, and incentive measures of title promotion（P=.003）. The main challenges in teleconsultation were the lack of understanding of medical staff and the public, insufficiently advanced software and hardware equipment, and the lack of optimization of service processes. Primary hospital doctors demonstrate high satisfaction levels, suggesting that teleconsultation could be an effective tool for patients seeking medical care in areas under lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary barriers to teleconsultation include lack of public understanding and unadvanced equipment. These findings should inform future efforts to establish regional telemedicine programs in the post-COVID-19 era.