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The Impact Of Telehealth In Urgent Care Settings, Annie Dong
The Impact Of Telehealth In Urgent Care Settings, Annie Dong
Applied Research Projects
Telehealth is an emerging modality of patient care and has since expanded to urgent care facilities. Urgent care facilities have been around for decades; however, along with telehealth, it has only grown in popularity in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the implementation and usage of telehealth in urgent care facilities is dependent on the provider being able to use it. This study aimed at looking at the perspective of the provider on the implementation and usage of telehealth in the urgent care setting.
Emergency Physicians' Perspectives On The Usability Of Health Information Exchange, Shirley A. Thorn
Emergency Physicians' Perspectives On The Usability Of Health Information Exchange, Shirley A. Thorn
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
Emergency physicians are key users of health information exchanges (HIE). Understanding their perspectives on the usability of HIE is important if the full potential of the HIE is to be achieved. The literature identified that emergency physician experiences with HIEs are unexplored areas requiring further studies. The purpose of this study using grounded theory methods was to understand the perspectives of emergency physicians concerning the usability of HIEs. The fundamental question was how do emergency physicians use the HIE in making clinical decisions?
Rich and thick data were collected from 15 emergency physicians in four urban hospitals in the mid-south …