RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient perspectives on social-media-delivered telemedicine for inflammatory bowel disease
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 241
OP 244
DO 10.7861/fhj.2020-0094
VO 7
IS 3
A1 Parker O'Neill
A1 Benjamin Shandro
A1 Andrew Poullis
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/3/241.abstract
AB In attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among high-risk inflammatory bowel disease patients, many gastroenterology practices have recently gone ‘virtual’, using telemedicine technologies to care for their patients. In efforts to support this transition and improve approachability, social media platforms have been used to deliver telemedicine services with significant success. However, the patient perspective on this use of social media has largely been ignored. This study provides a baseline patient perspective on social media usage to help inform clinicians on which methods of telemedicine delivery will be best suited to their patient populations.