Scalability of Telemedicine Services in a Large Integrated Multispecialty Health Care System During COVID-19

Immediately before the pandemic, 300 enterprise Mayo Clinic physicians and advanced practice providers had performed a minimum of one video telemedicine consult in the preceding year. By July 15, 2020, the number of Mayo Clinic providers performing video telemedicine consults had risen to >6,500,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Telemedicine journal and e-health 2021-01, Vol.27 (1), p.96-98
Hauptverfasser:	Demaerschalk, Bart M., Blegen, Rebecca N., Ommen, Steve R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Brief Communications COVID-19 - epidemiology Health Care Sciences & Services Humans Life Sciences & Biomedicine Monitoring, Ambulatory - methods Pandemics SARS-CoV-2 Science & Technology Specialization Telemedicine - organization & administration Videoconferencing - organization & administration
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Zusammenfassung:	Immediately before the pandemic, 300 enterprise Mayo Clinic physicians and advanced practice providers had performed a minimum of one video telemedicine consult in the preceding year. By July 15, 2020, the number of Mayo Clinic providers performing video telemedicine consults had risen to >6,500, reflecting a 2,000% increase. Through this pandemic, we have witnessed unprecedented growth in telemedicine utilization. The existing telemedicine system has proven to be scalable.
ISSN:	1530-5627 1556-3669
DOI:	10.1089/tmj.2020.0290