Reasons for Provider-to-Provider Synchronous Teleconsultations Between Nurses in Primary Care : A Cross-Sectional Study of TelessaúdeRS-UFRGS Service

Introduction: Nurses have proven to be fundamental for the expansion and consolidation of primary health care (PHC), as well as the development of digital health strategies. We explored the results of a synchronous telephone teleconsultations service between professionals for nurses in Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. We retrieved data from teleconsultations registry. All teleconsultations answered by the team of nurses between September 2018 and July 2021 were analyzed regarding the reasons (according to International Classification of Primary Care, 2nd edition-ICPC-2) and decisions of the teleconsultation. Results: There were 9,273 phone teleconsultations registered in the period, requested by 3,125 nurses from all states throughout the country, of which 56.9% called once and 15.9% used the teleconsultations at least 4 times. We found 362 different reasons for solicitations, which were classified according to the ICPC-2 chapters. The most frequent codes were respiratory (25.9%), general and unspecified (21.2%), and skin (21.2%), which corresponded to 68% of the total sample. Most teleconsultations (66.9%) had as outcome the maintenance of the case at PHC. Conclusion: Teleconsultations are widely used and address a broad number of situations. This service may improve the quality of Brazilian PHC and promote the development of clinical reasoning and critical thinking by nurses.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association - 30(2024), 1 vom: 16. Jan., Seite 77-84

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dos Santos, Laura Ferraz [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Fabiana [VerfasserIn]
Rados, Dimitris Varvaki [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira, Elise Botteselle [VerfasserIn]
Gonçalves, Marcelo Rodrigues [VerfasserIn]
Katz, Natan [VerfasserIn]
Umpierre, Roberto Nunes [VerfasserIn]
Mendonça, Claunara Schilling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced practice nursing
Journal Article
Primary health care
Teleconsultations
Telehealth
Telenursing

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Date Completed 11.01.2024

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/tmj.2023.0003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357083636