Efficiency, satisfaction, and costs for remote video visits following radical prostatectomy: A randomized controlled trial

European Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 729-735

  Viers, Boyd R ^a   Lightner, Deborah J ^a   Rivera, Marcelino E ^a   Tollefson, Matthew K ^a   Boorjian, Stephen A ^a   Karnes, R Jeffrey ^a   Thompson, R Houston ^a   O'Neil, Daniel A ^a   Hamilton, Rachel L ^a   Gardner, Matthew R ^a   Bundrick, Mary ^a   Jenkins, Sarah M ^a   Pruthi, Sandhya ^a   Frank, Igor ^a   Gettman, Matthew T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient acceptance; Patient perception; Randomized controlled trial; Teleconsultation; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Urology; Video visits

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIST; VIDEORECORDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MINNESOTA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORKFLOW;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84941802465     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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