Touching Technology—Parents’ Experiences of Remote Consultations for Children With Severe Congenital Cardiac Conditions: Quasi-Experimental Cohort Study
While in-person consultations are considered the gold standard of patient care, increasing pressures on health services and staff reduce availability. Given the ease of access and additional benefits experienced by parents and their children, it is proposed that hybrid models of consultation and care provision are equal, if not superior, to in-person consultations in the management of children with severe congenital heart defects while reducing costs and pressure on the health service and parents.
Authors
- Marlene Sinclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-1505)
- Brian McCrossan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-7925)
- Frank A Casey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9084-6023)
- Rosie Browne
- Paul F. Slater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2318-0705)
- Jonathan Gillender (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6289-3991)
- Julie E.M. McCullough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0442-6629)
Institutions
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/54598
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ulster University