#eConsult
Is any of this familiar? eConsult annoys & disturbs me.
The practice no longer accepts emails from anyone.
Ring the surgery and 30+mins later… call centre.
Visit and “computer says ‘no’”
Two GP’s listed have no quals.
Trustpilot 80% 1*
Seems to be national implementation. #clusterfuck

Why is #econsult such a pain in the arse to use for booking routine appointments?!

I don't have an ailment, I don't need to see a Dr. I just need a nurse to stab me with some sweeeet B12 goodness. Can I book that on there? Nope!

Am I going to fudge it anyway so I don't spend 30mins on hold? Yep!

Natural language processing to describe primary care requests for eConsult specialty care: A simple and practical application. - Yesil Science Natural language processing reveals insights from 18,609 eConsults, highlighting specialty-specific trends in telehealth requests. 📊💻

Exciting read on how #NLP is transforming healthcare! This article dives into using natural language processing to streamline #eConsult requests, helping primary care docs get faster specialist input. Could this help reduce patient wait times? yesilscience.com/natural-lang... #HealthcareAI

Assessing the Utilization of Electronic Consultations in Genetics: Seven-Year Retrospective Study Background: Access to genetic subspecialists is challenging for patient and healthcare providers due to limited number of genetics experts across the United States. The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Genetics e-Consult Service was implemented in parallel to the usual referral pathway to improve access to timely genetic expertise through robust asynchronous provider-to-provider communication. Objective: This study examines the impact of the UCSF Genetics e-Consult Service on patient access to genetics expertise. Methods: A retrospective chart review of 622 e-Consult requests was conducted. Data pertinent to e-Consult completion rates, provider response times, consultation content, and adherence to geneticist recommendations were abstracted. Results: From October 2016 to March 2024, the UCSF Genetics e-Consult service received a total of 622 consultation orders, with yearly volumes increasing from 34 in 2017 to 144 in 2023. Among those, 360 (57.8%) were completed, of which 197 (54.6%) were resolved without requiring a specialty care visit. Of the 262 (42.1%) e-consult orders declined by the geneticist reviewer, 184 (70.2%) were scheduled for a synchronous genetics visit due to case complexity precluding an appropriate e-consult response and 29.8% were recommended to be referred to a different and most appropriate specialty. Geneticists responded to 83.9% of e-Consults within three days, with most spending between 5 to 20 minutes on their e-consult response. Nearly half of genetics e-consult requests (48.1%) came from primary care providers and pediatricians. Among the 144 e-Consult requests in 2023, 50.6% were about diagnostic queries, 17% on symptom management, and 11% about test interpretation. Provider adherence to geneticists' recommendations was observed in 84% of cases. Conclusions: The UCSF Genetics e-Consult Service has demonstrated efficiency in providing timely genetic consultations, with a high rate of provider adherence to recommendations. These findings support the potential of e-Consult frameworks as a viable strategy for enhancing access to genetic healthcare services.

JMIR Formative Res: Assessing the Utilization of Electronic Consultations in Genetics: Seven-Year Retrospective Study #Genetics #Telemedicine #HealthCare #eConsult #PatientAccess

Electronic consultations improve #primarycare access to #hereditarycancer specialists, revealing key #knowledgegaps in genetics and screening that could enhance medical education and #servicedelivery bit.ly/42v4Ryr #GIMO #eConsult #Education #CME #Genomic #MixedMethods

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So my mum began to fill out the #EConsult form to get the #GP involved.
Mercifully we got the best doctor, on the other hand I'm #Housebound and #Aspie, one of the consequences being the fear of conversing with faceless voices (because let's face it faceless voices are so easy to offend...