Publications by authors named "Wallace Adamson"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate patient awareness and perceptions of telehealth in primary care through a web-based survey.
- Among the surveyed participants, telehealth users were less likely to have a primary care provider and reported significant barriers to accessing traditional healthcare, like difficulties in getting appointments.
- The findings suggest that while telehealth improves access to services, it may disrupt continuity of care and the primary care system without better integration and communication among healthcare providers.
Virtual Visits for Acute, Nonurgent Care: A Claims Analysis of Episode-Level Utilization.
J Med Internet Res
February 2017
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the rise of virtual health care, focusing on real-time video consultations, to meet growing patient demands for convenient access to medical care.
- It compares the care quality and costs of virtual health visits to traditional in-person visits for nonurgent acute conditions over a three-week period.
- Results indicate virtual visits had similar follow-up care rates compared to in-person visits, but significantly lower rates of lab tests and imaging, suggesting cost-effectiveness without compromising care.
Purpose: To assess differences in the simultaneous management of pharmacy and medical benefits by analyzing the health care utilization and costs associated with managed care patients who received oral linezolid as a pharmacy benefit or intravenous (IV) daptomycin or IV vancomycin as medical benefits for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs).
Methodology: The first medical or pharmacy claim from 03/01/2007 to 03/01/2010 was defined as the index date. Patients 18-64 years of age, with an inpatient SSTI diagnosis and > or = 1 target antibiotic claim(s), were included.