TY - JOUR
T1 - Telepulmonology in the Netherlands: effect on quality and efficiency of care
AU - Thijssing, Leonie
AU - van der Heijden, Job P.
AU - Chavannes, Niels H.
AU - Melissant, Christian F.
AU - Jaspers, Monique W. M.
AU - Witkamp, Leonard
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In telepulmonology a general practitioner (GP) digitally consults a local pulmonologist. This study assessed the effect of telepulmonology on quality and efficiency of care. Efficiency of care was measured as the percentage of prevented physical referrals. Quality of care was measured using 5 indicators. Thirty-one percent of the TelePulmonology Consultations (TPCs) were sent to prevent a physical referral, the other TPCs were sent to ask for advice of the pulmonologist. Sixty-eight percent of the TPCs sent to prevent a physical referral indeed prevented a physical referral. Eighteen percent of the TPCs sent for advice resulted in a physical referral on advice of the pulmonologist. These patients would not have been referred without telepulmonology
AB - In telepulmonology a general practitioner (GP) digitally consults a local pulmonologist. This study assessed the effect of telepulmonology on quality and efficiency of care. Efficiency of care was measured as the percentage of prevented physical referrals. Quality of care was measured using 5 indicators. Thirty-one percent of the TelePulmonology Consultations (TPCs) were sent to prevent a physical referral, the other TPCs were sent to ask for advice of the pulmonologist. Sixty-eight percent of the TPCs sent to prevent a physical referral indeed prevented a physical referral. Eighteen percent of the TPCs sent for advice resulted in a physical referral on advice of the pulmonologist. These patients would not have been referred without telepulmonology
M3 - Article
C2 - 23920861
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 192
SP - 1087
JO - Studies in health technology and informatics
JF - Studies in health technology and informatics
ER -