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Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study
OBJECTIVE: To replicate an existing electronic consultation (eConsult) service in a new jurisdiction to test its generalizability. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of all eConsults submitted by providers in the region of Mississauga Halton, Ontario, between January 5, 2015, and May 31,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274229 http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25320 |
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author | Liddy, Clare Moroz, Isabella Afkham, Amir Keely, Erin |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To replicate an existing electronic consultation (eConsult) service in a new jurisdiction to test its generalizability. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of all eConsults submitted by providers in the region of Mississauga Halton, Ontario, between January 5, 2015, and May 31, 2016. We compared our results to those from the original pilot in Eastern Ontario. The RE-AIM model served as our study framework. RESULTS: Providers submitted 594 patient cases to 46 different specialty groups during the study period. Specialists responded in a median of 1.1 days, with 75% of cases answered within four days. Providers rated the service as having high or very high value for themselves and their patients in 92% of cases. The service yielded a net program cost of $10,321.56. CONCLUSION: Our findings resembled those of the initial implementation, though with a faster rate of uptake and lower cost because of the avoidance of start-up and administrative costs. |
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spelling | pubmed-57495262018-11-01 Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study Liddy, Clare Moroz, Isabella Afkham, Amir Keely, Erin Healthc Policy Research Paper OBJECTIVE: To replicate an existing electronic consultation (eConsult) service in a new jurisdiction to test its generalizability. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of all eConsults submitted by providers in the region of Mississauga Halton, Ontario, between January 5, 2015, and May 31, 2016. We compared our results to those from the original pilot in Eastern Ontario. The RE-AIM model served as our study framework. RESULTS: Providers submitted 594 patient cases to 46 different specialty groups during the study period. Specialists responded in a median of 1.1 days, with 75% of cases answered within four days. Providers rated the service as having high or very high value for themselves and their patients in 92% of cases. The service yielded a net program cost of $10,321.56. CONCLUSION: Our findings resembled those of the initial implementation, though with a faster rate of uptake and lower cost because of the avoidance of start-up and administrative costs. Longwoods Publishing 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5749526/ /pubmed/29274229 http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25320 Text en Copyright © 2017 Longwoods Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License, which permits rights to copy and redistribute the work for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is given proper attribution. |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Liddy, Clare Moroz, Isabella Afkham, Amir Keely, Erin Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Evaluating the Implementation of The Champlain BASE™ eConsult Service in a New Region of Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | evaluating the implementation of the champlain base™ econsult service in a new region of ontario, canada: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274229 http://dx.doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2017.25320 |
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