The Use of Online Consultation Systems or Remote Consulting in England Characterized Through the Primary Care Health Records of 53 Million People in the OpenSAFELY Platform: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Martina Fonseca Brian Mackenna Amir Mehrkarnull nullCaroline E Walters George Hickman Jonathan Pearson Louis Fisher Peter Inglesby Sebastian C J Bacon Simon Davy William J Hulme Alex J Walker Ofra Koffman Minal Bakhai

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)

We successfully queried general practice coding activity relevant to the use of OC systems, showing increased adoption and key areas of variation during the pandemic at both sociodemographic and clinical levels. The work can be expanded to support monitoring of coding quality and underlying activity. This study suggests that large-scale impact evaluation studies can be implemented within the OpenSAFELY platform, namely looking at patient outcomes.

Keyphrases

general practice
primary care
health information
sars cov
high throughput
healthcare
coronavirus disease
public health
palliative care
mental health
social media
electronic health record
quality improvement
risk assessment