A qualitative study of teleconsultation practices among French oncologists in a post-COVID-19 period.

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted healthcare professionals to adapt and implement new tools to ensure continuity of patient care. Teleconsultation became the only option for some practitioners who had never used it previously and boosted its use for others who already used it. Several studies have reviewed the use of teleconsultation in oncology during the epidemic, but few have addressed its continued use and how practitioners view it in a post-epidemic period.

[Survey on the practice of medical teleconsultation in oncology in Auvergne Rhône Alpes].

Rational: Teleconsultation (TLC) practice, which suddenly arrived in the cancer patients care, has experienced an undeniable quantitative boom given the health context. A quantitative and qualitative assessment of this practice now seems necessary. This study aims to describe the use of TLC by oncologists in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region during the pandemic in order to assess its advantages and limits, and to estimate the barriers encountered and the possible levers for its promotion in oncology.