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SUBMITTER: Wood BR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7166117 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wood Brian R BR Bender Jessica A JA Jackson Sara S Rosengaus Leah L Pottinger Paul S PS Gottlieb Geoffrey S GS Dhanireddy Shireesha S Harrington Robert D RD Pruzhanskaya Yuliya Y Chew Lisa D LD Scott John D JD
Open forum infectious diseases 20200320 4
We launched Infectious Disease electronic consultations (eConsults) in 2018. During the first 15.5 months, primary care practitioners submitted 328 eConsults; the most frequent reasons were a positive culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result, syphilis, and latent tuberculosis. Practitioners commonly requested advice on antimicrobial choice, clinical evaluation, and indications for treatment. Internal phone consultations decreased after eConsult implementation. ...[more]