Special issue: Telehealth
In this special issue of BJGP Open led by Guest Editor Dr Sarah White, we focus on digital communication in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. We present a two-part series that includes primary research articles as well as policy and opinion pieces from a global perspective. The collection captures how primary health care has responded during this period to promote access, continuity, comprehensiveness, and care that is both coordinated and person-focused, and the impact this has had on health and social care.
IN THIS ISSUE
Telehealth and primary care: a special collection from BJGP Open
An introductory editorial from our Guest Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Dr Sarah White and Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller
PRACTICE AND POLICY
The impact of remote consultations on brief conversations in general practice
Mughal et al
How will telehealth change primary care in Australia?
Willcock et al
RESEARCH
Telehealth-based diagnostic testing in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study
Hardie et al
GP perceptions of telehealth services in Australia: a qualitative study
De Guzman et al
Patients’ and physicians’ experiences with remote consultations in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-method rapid review of the literature
Verma and Kerrison
Virtual care in Ontario community health centres: a cross-sectional study to understand changes in care delivery
Bhatti et al
Undergraduate medical teaching with remote consultations in general practice: a realist evaluation
Al-bedaery et al
PROTOCOL
Experiences of telehealth in general practice in Australia: research protocol for a mixed methods study
White et al
About our Guest Editor
Dr Sarah White is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and her research is focused on communication in clinical consultations. Sarah was awarded her PhD for research on surgeon–patient consultations by the University of Otago in 2011, and since that time has published on different aspects of communication in consultations and on teaching communication skills. Having previously worked in the public service, Sarah also has a keen interest in the translation of communication in healthcare research into practice. She is involved with the International Association for Communication in Healthcare as National Representative for Australia and as a member of the policy and practice subcommittee.
Guest Editors are experts in their respective fields who provide guidance and oversight on specific BJGP Open research calls and will advise on scope and content. They will engage with authors, commission papers and offer expert opinion on submissions. However, all final editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief
PAST RESEARCH CALLS
Details of past research calls can be found here.