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telephone appointment visit (TAV); telephone encounter
Notes:
- best alternative to an office visit during Covid-19 pandemic is telephone visit or videoconferencing [3]
- telephone coaching of patients with chronic disease results in increases in hospital admissions & overall costs [1]
- telephone-based pain management can improve symptoms in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain [2]
- mean pain score was 3.57 (out of 10) vs 4.59
General
outpatient encounter; office visit
References
- Steventon A et al.
Effect of telephone health coaching (Birmingham OwnHealth) on
hospital use and associated costs: Cohort study with matched
controls.
BMJ 2013 Aug 6; 347:f4585
PMID: 23920348
http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f4585
- Kroenke K et al
Telecare Collaborative Management of Chronic Pain in Primary
Care. A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA. 2014;312(3):240-248
PMID: 25027139
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1887761
- Ohl ME and Rosenthal GE
Advancing Telecare for Pain Treatment in Primary Care.
JAMA. 2014;312(3):235-236
PMID: 25027137
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1887741
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2022