Understanding Caregiver Perspectives on an Electronic Consultation and Referral System. 2022

Corinna J Rea, and Sara L Toomey, and Melissa Rosen, and Tiffany Le, and Snehal Shah
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

This study examined caregiver impressions of an electronic consultation and referral (ECR) system. Participants included 56 caregivers of primary care patients referred through the ECR system. Semistructured interviews and surveys were conducted between August 2018 and April 2019. Transcripts were coded and themes developed using thematic content analysis. A total of 51% of caregivers stated that they would prefer to see their child's primary care provider (PCP) for a specialty issue if they could receive the same quality of care. All caregivers who received an electronic consult (n = 28) said that they would utilize that process again. Three themes emerged: (1) caregivers expect immediate action prior to or instead of a specialty referral; (2) caregiver preferences for PCP versus specialist are mediated by both child and provider characteristics; (3) caregiver attitudes toward the ECR system are influenced by external considerations and experiences with the system. Results suggest caregivers value enhanced communication and immediate access to specialty input facilitated by the ECR system.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007407 Interviews as Topic Works about conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes works about school admission or job interviews. Group Interviews,Interviewers,Interviews, Telephone,Oral History as Topic,Group Interview,Interview, Group,Interview, Telephone,Interviewer,Interviews, Group,Telephone Interview,Telephone Interviews
D008297 Male Males
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D012017 Referral and Consultation The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide. Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D001900 Boston City located in Massachusetts.
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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