Status:
COMPLETED
Surgical Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
Lead Sponsor:
University of Colorado, Denver
Conditions:
COVID
Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
31-18 years
Brief Summary
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays in initial or follow-up encounters between surgical patients and physicians. While this delay allows for resource allocation to those most severely affe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Surgical faculty at participating institutions will receive surveys regarding telemedicine early in the start of the study to assess baseline perceptions. These same group of surgeons will receive subsequent surveys 3 months after the peak of the pandemic to evaluate telemedicine perceptions following a rapid implementation and adoption of telemedicine.
- Surgical patients evaluated from the start of the study through a 6-month period will be included in the study. They will have the option after each telemedicine encounter to complete an anonymous survey regarding perceptions to this technology.
- Exclusion Criteria
- No exclusions for surgical faculty are identified. Accrual of data from this group will be limited only by response rates to administered surveys.
- Exclusions for surgical patients will include the inability to access the technology required for a telemedicine consultation (e.g.: absence of a camera enabled smartphone, absence of a required internet or cellular connection to perform a telemedicine encounter). The investigators will keep a list of reasons for the inability to perform a telemedicine encounter to identify the barriers to implementation among patients.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2020
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04376710
Start Date
July 1 2020
End Date
October 1 2020
Last Update
October 28 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045