Potential Benefits and Drawbacks of Virtual Clinics in General Surgery: Pilot Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.

Emily Rutherford Roghinio Noray Caolán Ó hEarráin Kevin Quinlan Aisling Hegarty Lenin Ekpotu Chinedum Arize Fiyinfoluwa Fabamwo Abdulaziz Alrubaiaan Avinash Bhupalan Abdulla Alshehhi Colm Power Arnold David Konrad Hill

Published in: JMIR perioperative medicine (2020)

For an appropriately selected group of patients, VCs offer a viable alternative to traditional OPD. This alternative can improve both patient satisfaction and efficiency of patient care.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
patient satisfaction
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
randomized controlled trial
patient reported
study protocol
patient reported outcomes
psychometric properties
virtual reality