"You Think We are in the Stone Age, but We Have Already Made Progress-Where are You?": A Qualitative Study of Ultra-orthodox Women's Telemedicine Service Usage in Israel.

This study explores Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women's attitudes toward video-consultation usage in Israeli primary care settings. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-two women from diverse Ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel, using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Despite traditionally limited digital tool usage, participants showed readiness for video-consultations' adoption through dedicated 'kosher' medical devices.

Becoming Self Employed: Israeli Family Physicians' Push and Pull Factors.

Background: As primary care is an important infrastructure for the entire health system, the employment structure choices of family physicians-whether to work in a managed care organization or be self-employed, can impact all effectiveness parameters of healthcare: quality, access, health equity, patients' experiences, and cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study is to assess the push and pull factors influencing family physicians' employment choices.

Methods: This study employed a qualitative approach to explore the experiences of family physicians (FPs) who choose to work a self-employment practice.

Choosing Video Instead of In-Clinic Consultations in Primary Care in Israel: Discrete Choice Experiment Among Key Stakeholders-Patients, Primary Care Physicians, and Policy Makers.

Background: Despite its innovative benefits, the adoption of video consultations (VCs) in primary care settings is complex and slow.

Objectives: To quantify the preferences of key stakeholders in Israel's primary care-patients, primary care practitioners, and policy makers-regarding VCs compared with traditional in-clinic consultations (ICC) in nonurgent conditions.

Methods: Discrete choice experiment surveys were completed by 508 patients, 311 physicians, and 141 policy makers.

Power Gaps Among Stakeholders in Israel's Primary Care and the Role of Primary Care Physicians' Relative Power in Their Intention to Use Video-Consultations with Patients.

Although some correlates of primary care physicians (PCPs) telemedicine adoption have been studied, little is known about whether the intention to use video-consultations (VCs) relates to how PCPs view their power, relative to other stakeholder groups in primary care. The aim of this study was (1) to describe PCPs', patients', and policy makers' (PMs) views of their power and (2) to explore how PCPs views of power are associated with their intention to use VC. A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used.

Video or In-Clinic Consultation? Selection of Attributes as Preparation for a Discrete Choice Experiment Among Key Stakeholders.

Introduction: Video consultations (VCs) provide increased accessibility of primary care to remote areas and overall improved care for chronic patients. They also contribute to higher patient satisfaction and improved resource management. Despite these benefits, VC integration into the health system is complex and slow.