NCT04652674

Impact of Postoperative Telemedicine Visit vs In-person Visit on Patient Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate whether remote video/audio postoperative visits (telemedicine visits) affects patient satisfaction compared to in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. If the primary objective of the study is achieved, it would allow better understanding of how telemedicine can be integrated into modern surgical practice to take care of postoperative patients.

Conditions

• Covid19
• Satisfaction, Patient
• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telemedicine visit	A postoperative visit with the patient's surgeon conducted remotely via audio/video smartphone app
BEHAVIORAL	In-person postoperative visit	A standard-of-care in-person postoperatively visit with the patient's surgeon

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-28
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2020-12-03
• Last updated: 2022-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States