Telemedicine Surge for Pediatric Patients in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
Ji Won Kim, Maria Lame, Leanna R Szalay, Brian Lefchak, Bille Johnsson, Kriti Gogia, Sunday Clark, David Kessler, David Leyden, Rahul Sharma, Shari L. Platt
Abstract
Background: Our objective is to describe our pediatric virtual urgent care (VUC) experience at a large urban academic medical center, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City (NYC).
Topics & Concepts
MedicineTelemedicinePandemicEmergency departmentTriageEmergency medicineRetrospective cohort studyStaffingReferralMedical emergencyCohortMedical prescriptionDemographicsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PediatricsSurgeryHealth careInternal medicineFamily medicineDiseaseNursingDemographyEconomic growthSociologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PsychiatryEconomicsPharmacologyCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsEmergency and Acute Care StudiesTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation