Risk of admission to the emergency room/ inpatient service after a neurology telemedicine visit during COVID-19 pandemic.

We compared emergency department (ED) and overnight inpatient admission (admission) rates within eight weeks of a home-based telemedicine visit during COVID -19 in 2020 compared to in-person visit (conventional visit) in 2019. This was a quality improvement project prompted by an adverse event after a telemedicine visit.

Source: Pediatric Neurology - June 18, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Charuta Joshi, Mona Jacobson, Silveira Lori, Stephanie Shea, Michele Yang, Krista Eschbach Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research