Health Service Research on Telemedicine
Conditions
Keywords
Telemedicine
Brief summary
This study is to determine if telemedicine visits provide similar quality and patient/physician satisfaction as traditional office visits in a college health population.
Detailed description
This study which is open to students at Arizona State University who require follow-up care after their visit to ASU Health Services. Patients who are seen by a Mayo Clinic physician working at the ASU Health Services are randomized to either be seen for followup at the health center with the same physician or seen at the health center by the same physician at Mayo clinic utilizing telemedicine. After the visit, patients and the physician will fill out an patient satisfaction survey and the record will be reviewed by an independent investigator for determining quality of care by reviewing the record.
Interventions
OTHERTraditional versus Telemedicine office visit
Sponsors
Arizona State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Arizona State University students who require a follow-up care visit. * ages 18 and above
Exclusion criteria
* patients who are medically unstable to be randomized to a telemedicine visit.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of care score between the two groups | At the 24 hour visit | Using a independent quality assessor, each visit whether telemedicine will give a quality score based on adequacy of care, ability to examine/determine the diagnosis based on the documented care in the record. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed