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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The University of California (UC), Davis Health System, and California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS) developed the Physician Assistance, Consultation and Training Network (PACT Net) to assist primary-care providers (PCPs) care for patients with developmental disabilities in rural California. This manuscript describes PACT Net, a warm line using phone and e-mail, and its multispecialty panel. A pilot study evaluated whether or not PCPs needed such a consultation service, whether or not it assisted them in providing care, and their overall satisfaction with the service. PCPs were informed on how to request a consultation. Data were collected from patients (demographics), PCPs (satisfaction with preexisting consultation availability and quality, PACT Net consultation reason, preferred mode of contact, duration, and, satisfaction), and specialists (ease, quality of request, and satisfaction). Satisfaction was measured prospectively using a 7-point Likert scale. Data were collected on 30 consultations, 28 by telephone and 2 by e-mail; other data were by combined methods. The average duration of consultation was 47 minutes, and 24 responses occurred within one business day. The top three services requested for consultation were psychiatry (e.g., management of behavioral disturbance), medical genetics (diagnosis), and gastroenterology (miscellaneous). PCPs rated baseline satisfaction with: (1) pre-existing local services at 3.37, (2) timeliness of the PACT Net consultation at 5.45, (3) quality of the communication at 6.3, and (4) overall quality and utility of the consultation at 6.2. Specialists rated the quality of the communication at 6.45, and the ease of the service at 6.46. Phone and e-mail consultation appears satisfactory to PCPs and specialty providers as a way to enhance specialty input to rural patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1530-5627
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Attitude of Health Personnel, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-California, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Developmental Disabilities, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Electronic Mail, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Interdisciplinary Communication, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Medicine, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Physicians, Family, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Primary Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Questionnaires, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Remote Consultation, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Rural Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Specialization, pubmed-meshheading:15689644-Telephone
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Multispecialty telephone and e-mail consultation for patients with developmental disabilities in rural California.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. dmhilty@ucdavis.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article