The Use Of Telemedicine By Physicians: Still The Exception Rather Than The Rule
The Use Of Telemedicine By Physicians: Still The Exception Rather Than The Rule
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05077
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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9.7
通讯作者：
Gillis, Kurt
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作者：
Kane, Carol K.;Gillis, Kurt
利用美国医学会 2016 年医师实践基准调查的数据，我们首次提供了全国范围内具有代表性的医师使用远程医疗的估计。 2016 年，15.4% 的医生使用远程医疗进行广泛的患者互动，包括电子就诊以及放射科医生使用远程医疗存储和转发数据进行的诊断。同年，11.2% 的医生使用远程医疗进行医生和医疗保健专业人员之间的互动。我们发现，除了专业之外，较大的诊所规模也是远程医疗使用的一个重要相关因素。这表明，尽管监管和立法发生了变化以鼓励使用远程医疗，但实施远程医疗的财务负担可能会成为小型诊所的持续障碍。
Using data from the American Medical Association's 2016 Physician Practice Benchmark Survey, we provide the first nationally representative estimates of physicians' use of telemedicine. In 2016, 15.4 percent of physicians worked in practices that used telemedicine for a wide spectrum of patient interactions, including e-visits as well as diagnoses made by radiologists who used telemedicine to store and forward data. In the same year, 11.2 percent of physicians worked in practices that used telemedicine for interactions between physicians and health care professionals. We found that in addition to specialty, larger practice size was an important correlate of telemedicine use. This suggests that despite regulatory and legislative changes to encourage the use of telemedicine, the financial burden of implementing it may be a continuing barrier for small practices.