Grant D Hogue, David S Liu, Shankar G Kaushal, Nazgol Tavabi, Lanna Feldman, Andrea Stracciolini, Benjamin Shore, Daniel Hedequist, Donald Bae, William Meehan, Young-Jo Kim, Mininder Kocher, Martha M Murray, Ata M Kiapour
BACKGROUND: Understanding the challenges and potential of telehealth visits (THVs) in a large population can inform future practice and policy discussion for pediatric orthopaedic and sports medicine (OSM) care. We comprehensively assess telehealth challenges and potential in a large pediatric OSM population based on access, visit completion, patient satisfaction, and technological challenges. METHODS: Demographics, address, insurance, visit information, patient feedback, experience with video visits, and technical challenges of all 2019 to 2020 visits at our hospital were assessed (3,278,006 visits)...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics