Family Physician-to-Hospital Specialist Electronic Consultation and Access to Hospital Care: A Systematic Review.

Importance: Globally, health care systems face challenges in managing health care costs while maintaining access to hospital care, quality of care, and a good work balance for caregivers. Electronic consultations (e-consultations)-defined as asynchronous, consultative communication between family physicians and hospital specialists-may offer advantages to face these challenges.

Objective: To provide a quantitative synthesis of the association of e-consultation with access to hospital care and the avoidance of hospital referrals.

General Practitioner Use of e-Consultation to Consult Hospital Specialists: Interview Study to Obtain Physician's Perceptions About Digital Interprofessional Communication.

Background: In recent years, tasks have shifted from specialized hospital care to primary care, leading to both advantages and challenges for general practitioners (GPs). A frequently mentioned tool to face these challenges is e-consultation, a form of asynchronous digital interprofessional communication between GPs and hospital specialists.

Objective: The objective of this study was to gain insight into GPs' and hospital specialists' views and experiences of e-consultation.

Prognosis of shoulder pain in those with and without a psychological disorder: A prospective cohort study with a six-month follow-up.

Background: Because shoulder pain can have an unfavorable prognosis, it is important to have a better understanding of factors that may influence recovery.

Objective: To determine the association between recovery from shoulder pain and the presence of depression, anxiety, and pain catastrophizing.

Methods: In a prospective cohort study with a six months follow-up, we included patients visiting an orthopaedic department with shoulder pain.