Objective: A survey was implemented for early assessment of pandemic-related practice processes and quality improvement (QI). Background: In response to the public health measures in Hawaii to curtail the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience (HPN) adapted their patient care to ensure continuity of neurological treatment. Methods: The telephone survey was conducted on patients seen at HPN during the period of April 22, 2020-May 18, 2020 to address four areas related to patients' outpatient experience: delivery of care, general well-being, experience with telemedicine, and disease-specific questions. Dr. Patricia Borman for their contributions to the survey.
We read with interest the recent paper by Fonseca et al 1 in which they reported the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their epilepsy clinic's patients in Spain who were assessed through a telephonic survey during the first month of confinement (16 March 2020 to 17 April 2020). Their work provides important insight into
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