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Experiences with Telemedicine for HIV Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study.
Harsono, Dini; Deng, Yanhong; Chung, Sangyun; Barakat, Lydia A; Friedland, Gerald; Meyer, Jaimie P; Porter, Elizabeth; Villanueva, Merceditas; Wolf, Michael S; Yager, Jessica E; Edelman, E Jennifer.
Afiliação
  • Harsono D; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, 135 College St, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. dini.harsono@yale.edu.
  • Deng Y; Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Chung S; Yale Center for Analytical Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Barakat LA; AIDS Care Program, Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Friedland G; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, 135 College St, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
  • Meyer JP; AIDS Care Program, Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Porter E; Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Villanueva M; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, 135 College St, Suite 200, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
  • Wolf MS; AIDS Care Program, Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Yager JE; Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Edelman EJ; Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
AIDS Behav ; 26(6): 2099-2111, 2022 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35064390
ABSTRACT
To characterize perspectives and experiences with telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, we conducted a mixed-methods study in two HIV clinics in the US Northeast. Among surveyed patients with HIV (PWH) who had a telemedicine appointment (n = 205), 42.4% perceived telemedicine visits as useful during the pandemic. PWH and clinical staff identified benefits of telemedicine (1) ability to engage and re-engage patients in care; (2) perceived patient-centeredness and flexibility; (3) opportunity to engage family and multidisciplinary care team members; and (4) opportunity to enhance telemedicine use proficiency through practice and support. Identified barriers included (1) technical challenges; (2) privacy concerns; (3) loss of routine clinical experiences and interactions; (4) limited objective patient remote monitoring; and (5) reimbursement concerns. Efforts to optimize telemedicine for HIV care should consider strategies to improve technology support for PWH, flexible options to access care, additional platforms to allow patient remote monitoring, and appropriate billing and reimbursement methods.
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RESUMEN Para caracterizar las perspectivas sobre y las experiencias con la telemedicina durante la pandemia de COVID-19, realizamos un estudio de métodos mixtos en dos clínicas de VIH en el noreste de los Estados Unidos. Entre los pacientes con VIH (PWH) encuestados que tuvieron una cita de telemedicina (n = 205), el 42.4% percibió las visitas de telemedicina como útiles durante la pandemia. Los PWH y el personal clínico identificaron como beneficios de la telemedicina 1) la capacidad para involucrar y reinvolucrar a los pacientes en el cuidado; 2) el cuidado centrado en el paciente y flexibilidad percibidos; 3) la oportunidad de involucrar a la familia y miembros del equipo de cuidado multidisciplinario; y 4) la oportunidad de mejorar la capacidad para usar la telemedicina a través de la práctica y el apoyo. Las barreras identificadas incluyeron 1) retos tecnológicos; 2) preocupaciones sobre la privacidad; 3) falta de experiencias e interacciones clínicas de rutina; 4) limitada monitorización remota objetiva del paciente; y 5) preocupaciones sobre los reembolsos. Los esfuerzos para optimizar la telemedicina para el cuidado del VIH deben considerar estrategias para mejorar el soporte tecnológico para los PWH, opciones flexibles para acceder a el cuidado, plataformas adicionales que permitan el monitoreo remoto del paciente, y métodos apropiados de facturación y reembolso.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções por HIV / Telemedicina / COVID-19 Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Infecções por HIV / Telemedicina / COVID-19 Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article