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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 prompted the rapid adoption of telehealth to provide physical therapy. Patients' perceptions about telehealth physical therapy are mostly unknown. This study describes perceptions of telehealth physical therapy among patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). Methods: This study surveyed participants in an ongoing multisite clinical trial of nonpharmacological LBP treatments. Participants were asked about their willingness to use telehealth for physical therapy and with other providers and completed the PROMIS-29. Results: Surveys were received from 102 participants (mean age = 48.5 [standard deviation; SD = 11.6]). Thirty-six (35.3%) expressed willingness to receive telehealth physical therapy, 22 were neutral (21.6%), and 44 were unwilling (43.1%). The percentage expressing willingness for telehealth physical therapy was lower than it was for family medicine (p < 0.001) or mental health (p < 0.001). Older (p = 0.049) and Black participants (p = 0.01) more likely expressed willingness to use telehealth for physical therapy. Conclusion: Education and familiarity may help patients view telehealth physical therapy more favorably. Clinical Trial Registration (clinicaltrials.gov NCT03859713).

Background: Rates for all-cause U.S. emergency department (ED) visits to rural critical access hospitals (CAHs) have increased by 50% since 2005. During the same time period, total number of U.S. hospital admissions for a mental health (MH) crisis has increased by 12.2%, with rural counties demonstrating the largest suicide rate increases overall. Introduction: Increasing number of rural patients are reporting need for MH care in the region's four rural EDs. Characteristics of ED telemental health services were evaluated, including MH diagnostic category, voluntary vs. involuntary commitment (IC), forensic vs. nonforensic presentation, ED throughput, disposition, and payor reimbursement. Materials and Methods: Observational 2.5-year program evaluation of telemental health care delivery for children (n = 114) and adults (n = 417) who were evaluated by a rural ED physician and received an MH diagnosis. Participants (N = 531) were treated by a licensed psychiatrist through telemental care delivery from September 2017 to April 2020. Results: Noncommitted ED MH patients (86%; n = 455) were distributed across three major diagnostic groups: (1) depression, anxiety, or other mental illness (35%); (2) substance abuse (33%); or (3) suicide risk (32%), with 47% admitted inpatients (IPs), 47% referred outpatient (OPs), and 6% admitted to CAH. Fourteen percent (n = 76/531) of ED MH patients were subsequently IC, with 67% of those assessed as needing IP care. Forty-nine percent (n = 37) of IC patients presented in police custody. Most common diagnosis for IC patients was suicidal ideation/attempt (χ² [2, N = 452] = 12.884, p = 0.002). Admitted patients experienced significantly longer length of stay than those with OP referral (p = 0.001). Mean total payor reimbursements for ED MH care were significantly lower than actual ED costs (p < 0.001). Discussion: Innovative approaches to telemental care for IC and non-IC patients need to be piloted and comparatively evaluated in rural CAHs. Conclusion: As the gateway to critically needed MH care, rural CAHs and public services pivotal to care access (e.g., law enforcement) need additional resources and support.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency necessitated changes in health care delivery that will have lasting implications. The University of Pennsylvania Health System is a large multihospital system with an academic medical center at its core. To continue to care for patients with and without COVID-19, the system had to rapidly deploy telemedicine. We describe the challenges faced with the existing telemedicine infrastructures, the central mechanisms created to facilitate the necessary conversions, and the workflow changes instituted to support both inpatient and outpatient activities for thousands of providers, many of whom had little or no experience with telemedicine. We also discuss innovations that occurred as a result of this transition and the future of telemedicine at our institution.

Background: Telemedicine use has increased due to stay-at-home orders during the novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic. We explored ambulatory provider's perception on telemedicine. Methods: An anonymized survey was e-mailed to physicians and midlevel providers of our university hospital ambulatory clinics to assess current use, preferences for future use, and satisfaction with televisits. Results: Of all providers, 249 responded (response rate 24%, 121 [48.6%] men, 177 [71.1%] attending physicians, 43 [17.2%] trainees, and 29 [11.6%] midlevel providers). Most respondents (120, 48.2%) belonged to subspecialties in medicine. At the time of the survey, 168 (67.5%) were using telemedicine for less than half of all visits and had video capabilities, of whom 224 (90%) considered it to be effective for return visits and 37 (15%) perceived it to be effective for new patients, 217 (87.1%) wanted to continue with telemedicine practice, and 113 (45.4%) preferred to use telemedicine for more than a quarter of their future patients even after the pandemic. Most (194 [77.9%]) were satisfied with telemedicine and we found no differences among specialties. Those with audio-only visits reported least effectiveness for new patient evaluation (p < 0.001) and overall provider satisfaction (p = 0.02) when compared with others. Those who saw more than a quarter of their patients through televisits desired to increase their future televisits to >50% including new patients (p < 0.001). Conclusions: There is widespread interest in telemedicine in all specialties. Acceptance is high for return visits, but low for new patient visits. Improvement in technology to have both audio and video capability consistently may foster further interest toward increasing telemedicine in the future.

Background: Different studies showed that the use of telemedicine is effective in reducing hospital burden, suffering from patients, need of transports, hospital fear, save money and time, and increasing the quality of health care. However, the implementation of telemedicine countenances different challenges in developing countries generally and in Ethiopia, particularly. This review aims to evaluate barriers affecting sustainable telemedicine implementation in Ethiopia. Methods: PubMed (Medline), Google Scholar, Embase, and Scopus databases were searched between July 4, 2020 and July 28, 2020. Studies published between 2005 and June 30, 2020 were considered. Relevant articles were selected by reviewing keywords, titles, and abstracts. Out of 40 articles, 33 articles remained after removing duplicates. We finally analyzed 14 articles from the mentioned databases based on our eligibility criteria and identified different barriers. We followed the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses (PRSIMA 2009) checklist for this review. Results: We identified 25 barriers through 14 articles and classified barriers into organizational, users, and staff and programmers' barriers. Accordingly, organizational, users, and staff and programmer barriers were 12 (48%), 7 (28%), and 6 (24%), respectively, with the frequency of occurrence through 14 articles. Cost, awareness, and resistance to change were the most frequently reported barriers among organizational, user, and staff and programmer barriers, respectively. Conclusions: Infrastructure and costs were the most frequently reported barriers, and staff resistance to change was also the critical factor in influencing the sustainable implementation of telemedicine in Ethiopia.