Background: The patient-physician relationship is influenced by several factors including the environment of care. Given the increased use of telemedicine – catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic – understanding preferences for and comfort with telemedicine is important. This study aimed to explore patient preferences for various types of video visit background environments and their effects on [...]

Background: The COVID-19 omicron variant pandemic has created a community outbreak and the need for tele-consultation with hospital-at-home care has surged, especially in the rural area, like Taitung. There were some innovated telemedicine pilot programs developed in Taitung over the past 4 years in Taiwan. Purpose: This study examines the key success factors driving teleconsultation [...]

Background: Healthcare systems face challenges to meet the needs of a complex aging patient population, and simultaneously at risk of clinician burnout and loss of talent. Advancements in technology for clinical use have extended the reach of clinicians into patient homes, improving operational efficiency of Acute Care at Home programs, as well as patient and [...]

Background: Around one in five Americans live in rural areas, but only 5 percent of physicians practice in these same areas. As such, hospital located in rural area such as Roosevelt Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals (RRHS) struggle with physician staffing. Tele-hospital medicine has expanded rapidly since the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act in [...]