Implementation of Outpatient Infectious Diseases E-Consults at a Safety Net Healthcare System.
Richard J MedfordMadison GrangerMadison PickeringChristoph U LehmanChristian MayorgaHelen KingPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)
An outpatient ID E-consult program at a safety net healthcare system was an effective tool to provide timely input on common ID topics. E-consults were requested by a range of providers, and most were completed without a face-to-face visit. Predictive modeling identified important characteristics of E-consults and predicted conversion to face-to-face visits with reasonable accuracy.