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Does virtual consultation between primary and specialised care improve healthcare quality? A scoping review of healthcare quality domains assessment.

Almudena Marco-IbáñezIsabel Aguilar-PalacioCarlos Aibar
Published in: BMJ open quality (2023)
Virtual consultation has the potential to provide effective, efficient, equitable and timely attention. However, its contribution to safety and patient-centered care needs further evaluation. Our review emphasises the need for more rigorous research and standardised quality assessment criteria to obtain robust evidence on the usefulness of virtual consultation for improving healthcare quality domains.
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