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Experiences of Health Care Providers Using a Mobile Medical Photography Application.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the ways in which providers use a mobile photography application integrated with the electronic health record (EHR) to facilitate clinical care, and the process outcomes that result from the application's use.

Methods

An e-mail survey was sent on November 13, 2017, to 1,463 health care providers at Mayo Clinic who had used an internally developed, EHR-integrated medical photography application.

Results

The survey was completed by 712 (49%) providers. Providers reported using the application on approximately 1 in 7 days spent in clinical practice. Median provider satisfaction with the use of the application (0-100 scale; higher numbers indicate favorable response) was 94 (interquartile range [IQR]: 74-100). Although the use for store-and-forward telemedicine was reported (22% often or frequently used the application to send photographs to a specialist for advice), the most common use was for clinical documentation (65% often or frequently used the application to supplement text-based notes with photographs, and 71% often or frequently used the application to take photographs for reference by a colleague who may see the patient in the future). Of the health care providers, 36% indicated that the application's use often or frequently expedited treatment.

Discussion

Health care providers reported using a mobile point-of-care medical photography application regularly in clinical practice and were generally satisfied with the application.

Conclusion

Point-of-care medical photography using a secure mobile, EHR-integrated application has potential to become a new standard of care for clinical documentation and may facilitate continuity across the continuum of care with multiple providers who see a patient.

SUBMITTER: Wyatt KD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015814 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Experiences of Health Care Providers Using a Mobile Medical Photography Application.

Wyatt Kirk D KD Willaert Brian N BN Lohse Christine M CM Pallagi Peter J PJ Yiannias James A JA Hellmich Thomas R TR

Applied clinical informatics 20200101 1

<h4>Objective</h4>To understand the ways in which providers use a mobile photography application integrated with the electronic health record (EHR) to facilitate clinical care, and the process outcomes that result from the application's use.<h4>Methods</h4>An e-mail survey was sent on November 13, 2017, to 1,463 health care providers at Mayo Clinic who had used an internally developed, EHR-integrated medical photography application.<h4>Results</h4>The survey was completed by 712 (49%) providers. ...[more]

PMID: 32052389

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