Patient Satisfaction with Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Pediatric Pulmonary Clinic

INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically impacted health care delivery systems and has resulted in the rapid implementation of telehealth services across many health care specialties. As the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to leverage digital mediums to increase patient access to health care, our pediatric pulmonary division sought to measure patient satisfaction with a new telehealth platform. METHOD: A survey was sent to 281 pediatric pulmonary patients from March 2020 to April 2020. Parents were asked to rate their overall experience with telemedicine. RESULTS: Fifty surveys were completed, and results indicated that overall initial satisfaction with care was high. Eighty-two percent of participants either strongly agreed or agreed that they would use telehealth services again. DISCUSSION: The positive outcome measures may reflect increased patient comfort with integrating telehealth into routine pediatric pulmonary care services. Given high patient satisfaction ratings, we believe that the telehealth platform should be considered for use in routine practice after the COVID-19 pandemic has resolved.