Abstract
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF SEAMLESS IMPLEMENTATION OF A RURAL TELEMEDICINE CLINIC
Innovation in aging, Vol.3(Suppl 1), pp.S607-S608
11/08/2019
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2263
PMCID: PMC6841141
Abstract
Osteoporosis is largely undetected and untreated in older men who are at-risk, with even lower rates of detection and treatment in rural communities. In this presentation we report the consequences for primary care providers (PCPs) of the implementation of an osteoporosis telemedicine clinic that targeted rural patients and is purposefully designed to minimize PCP workload. Analysis of qualitative interviews with PCPs who co-managed patients with the telemedicine clinic confirmed that implementation strategies used by the telemedicine clinic were successful at minimizing workload and had a positive impact on PCPs’ work. However, the clinic’s seamless approach may have contributed to unintended consequences of low PCP awareness of program care processes and selection criteria and a missed opportunity for PCPs to reinforce osteoporosis care goals in the primary care setting.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF SEAMLESS IMPLEMENTATION OF A RURAL TELEMEDICINE CLINIC
- Creators
- Samantha Solimeo - Iowa City VA Health Care SystemMelissa J Steffen - Care ResourceAaron Seaman - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineKarla L Miller - University of Utah
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Innovation in aging, Vol.3(Suppl 1), pp.S607-S608
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/geroni/igz038.2263
- PMCID
- PMC6841141
- ISSN
- 2399-5300
- eISSN
- 2399-5300
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/08/2019
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine; General Internal Medicine; Community and Behavioral Health; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984363305902771
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