Virtual care use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study

RS Bhatia, C Chu, A Pang, M Tadrous… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is thought to have
increased use of virtual care, but population-based studies are lacking. We aimed to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual care use during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on healthcare utilization in patients with chronic disease: a population-based repeated cross …

V Stamenova, C Chu, A Pang, J Fang, A Shakeri… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose It is currently unclear how the shift towards virtual care during the 2019 novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may have impacted chronic disease management at a …

Virtual care and emergency department use during the COVID-19 pandemic among patients of family physicians in Ontario, Canada

T Kiran, ME Green, R Strauss, CF Wu… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic has played a role in increased use of virtual care in
primary care. However, few studies have examined the association between virtual primary …

Virtual care expansion in the Veterans Health Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic: clinical services and patient characteristics associated with utilization

JM Ferguson, J Jacobs, M Yefimova… - Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To describe the shift from in-person to virtual care within Veterans Affairs (VA)
during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify at-risk patient populations …

Shifts in office and virtual primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

RH Glazier, ME Green, FC Wu, E Frymire, A Kopp… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Globally, primary care changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to understand the degree to which office …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the use and challenges of implementing virtual visits during COVID-19 in primary care and lessons for sustained use

HT Mohammed, L Hyseni, V Bui, B Gerritsen, K Fuller… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly transformed how healthcare is delivered
to limit the transmission of the virus. This descriptive cross-sectional study explored the …

Patient characteristics associated with the successful transition to virtual care: lessons learned from the first million patients

KS Zachrison, Z Yan, T Sequist… - … of telemedicine and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The increased use of telehealth to maintain ambulatory care during the COVID-
19 pandemic had potential to exacerbate or diminish disparities in access to care. Objective …

Changes in virtual and in-person health care utilization in a large health system during the COVID-19 pandemic

KS Zachrison, Z Yan, LH Schwamm - JAMA Network Open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Virtual care has quickly become an integral component of care delivery. 1 However, some
have expressed legitimate concern that this may increase health care spending by leading …

Virtual care: Enhancing access or harming care?

L Hardcastle, U Ogbogu - Healthcare management forum, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 has catalyzed the adoption of virtual medical care in Canada. Virtual care can
improve access to healthcare services, particularly for those in remote locations or with …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual health care for community management of patients with COVID-19 in Australia: observational cohort study

OR Hutchings, C Dearing, D Jagers, MJ Shaw… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Australia has successfully controlled the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to other
high-income countries, Australia has extensively used telehealth services. Virtual health …