p<0.0001) whereas a cancer diagnosis more likely used both telemedicine and in-person (55%). Median time from referral to encounter significantly decreased after SIP for both telemedicine only (7 to 3 days) and telemedicine combined with in-person (5 to 2 days), compared to in-person only (7 to 6 days, p<0.0001). Post-SIP, postoperative encounters for all categories of surgical acuity were mainly telemedicine (72%) compared to pre-SIP (45%).CONCLUSION: Telemedicine encounters can provide efficient preoperative and postoperative care for surgical specialties, including benign, urgent, and cancer diagnoses.
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