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المؤلفAlAhmad, Yaman M.
المؤلفHaggeer, Duaa Mahmoud
المؤلفAlsayed, Abrar Yase
المؤلفHaik, Mahmoud Y.
المؤلفAbuAfifeh, Leen Maen
المؤلفAljaber, Mohammed Hussain
المؤلفMohamed, Ahmed Aboubakr
المؤلفBalideh, Mohammad
المؤلفAlmutawa, Nora
المؤلفMahmoud, Mohamed Hashim
تاريخ الإتاحة2022-03-06T11:33:08Z
تاريخ النشر2022
اسم المنشورAvicenna
المصدرQscience
المعرّفhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.3
الاقتباسAhmed A. The Effect of Telemedicine on Patients Compliance in Family Medicine Follow-ups in Qatar. Avicenna 2022(1):3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/avi.2022.3
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/27677
الملخصIntroduction: Telemedicine is the delivery of health care services to patients distantly. During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine has become an essential implement in delivering healthcare services worldwide. Accordingly, in March 2020, the Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs) in Qatar has started telephone consultation follow-up appointments in Family Medicine (FM) clinics instead of conventional consultation. Given the limited data about telephone consultations in Qatar, our aim of this study is to investigate the possible impact of telemedicine on chronic disease patients' follow-up compliance. Methods: This study compares the compliance of adult patients with chronic diseases following-up within FM clinics in Qatar's PHCC through telephone consultations with a minimum of three telephone consultations ordered between April to November 2020, in comparison to the compliance of the same group of patients to their prior face-to-face follow-up consultations in FM clinics with a minimum of three face-to-face ordered follow up appointments between April to November 2019. A cross-sectional study will be carried out to investigate the effect of telephone consultation in PHCC on patients' compliance with reference to conventional face-to-face consultation. Patients' data will be received from Health Information Management in twenty-seven PHCCs in Qatar. Conclusion: Due to the limited studies on the effectiveness of telemedicine on patient compliance in FM follow-ups within Qatar's PHCC, comparing patients' follow-up compliance with telephone consultations to their prior face-to-face consultations would be helpful in assessing patients' quality of care delivering within FM clinics. With telecommunication being easily accessible and time-efficient, it is believed, when used correctly, it might improve compliance and adherence to the management prescribed by the physician and follow-up appointments in Qatar's PHCC. In addition, this study will help in providing recommendations that could guide the organization on forming policies to be applied in PHCCs after the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
اللغةen
الناشرHamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
الموضوعtelemedicine
face-to-face clinic
pimary health care center
follow-up
patients' compli ance
Qatar
العنوانThe Effect of Telemedicine on Patients' Compliance in Family Medicine Follow-ups in Qatar
النوعArticle
رقم العدد1
رقم المجلد2022


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