As a result of the Corona of a pandemic, significantly more Doctors to provide Video consultations.
The findings of a study conducted by the Health Innovation Hubs of the German Federal Ministry of health and the public health Foundation, which is present the German press Agency.
Thus, 52.3% of the Physicians who participated in the survey, offer, video, office hours, 10.1 percent have it in the short term. In 2017, only 1.8 percent had such an offer, 2.7 percent prepared it.
Corona-pandemic as a trigger
The trigger for this significant increase is mainly the Corona pandemic was, according to the study. So 94.1 percent of the Doctors reported having this form of communication only in the course of the year 2020. Only 5.9 per cent offered to you before.
On the question of whether the current Covid-19-pandemic, the impact on the use of Video consultations, there was a clear answer: almost 90 percent of the Doctors surveyed, offering video office hours, this was not the case.
Offer for Video consultations increased sharply
Around three-quarters reported that they now make significantly more video office hours than before the pandemic. 60.1% recommend patients to use this type of consultation. Almost a third reported that patients are increasingly active, according to the video office hours questions.
After the end of the Covid-19-pandemic, the Doctors expect a significant decline in the share of Video consultations to their patients contacts however, on a level far higher than before the pandemic.
The largest group of users of Video consultations are psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists: 86.1 percent of them are currently working with video office hours, or want to do this in a timely manner. On place two and three in the non-operative specialist doctors and General practitioners are. Here are the half of the Doctors uses just the possibilities.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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