Neurology eConsults at Penn State Health: What, Why, and How?

Ahmed, Aiesha; Jens, William K.; Haulman, Anne; Sathian, K.; Ross, Stephen C.

doi:10.30953/tmt.v5.158

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“…8 Teleneurology consultations serve an important role in bridging the shortage of neurologists and expanding access to care, so that patients can receive life-saving diagnosis and treatments in a timely manner. 9 Teleneurology forecasting differs from traditional emergency demand forecasting in that teleneurology providers need to provide service 24/7 to accommodate patients' needs at any given time, with some requiring a response time of 5 minutes or less. Teleneurology provides…”

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Predictive Modeling for Telemedicine Service Demand

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Predictive Modeling for Telemedicine Service Demand

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“…Examples of such criteria include insurance requirements, socioeconomic status, geography, or comorbidities. We have implemented a variety of efforts to address access shortage, such as consult-only clinics, eConsults, 11 Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, walk-in clinics, 12 and telehealth. Each has had some success; however, all have limitations as summarized in Table 1.…”

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Improving Access to Tertiary Movement Disorders Subspecialty Care

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Patient demand continues to outpace growth of the neurology workforce, especially in its subspecialties such as movement disorders. Various strategies have been deployed to address this. The COVID-19 pandemic accentuated the mismatch by propelling telemedicine and access demands to the forefront. Previously, we reported improving general neurology access using a physician-advanced practice provider (APP) team model. Here, we share our experiences of piloting a similar model in subspecialty care (movement disorders) between September 1 and December 17, 2020. Before the pilot, the wait time to be seen by movement disorders subspecialists exceeded four months. Our data show marked improvement in new patient access (23.8% improvement as well as 214% increase in number of new patients seen) with excellent patient acceptance. Our approach and the lessons learned may be useful to address access for other neurology subspecialties.

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