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Sharma, Umesh

Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic

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Association of a Remotely Offered Infectious Diseases eConsult Service With Improved Clinical Outcomes

Open Forum Infectious Diseases | January 17, 2020 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: No page available

10.1093/ofid/ofaa003 | PMID 31988969

Abstract We performed a case–control study to evaluate an electronic, asynchronous infectious diseases consultative service at 2 rural hospitals within our health system. Patients with consultation via this platform (n = 100) had a significantly decreased odds of death at 30 days compared with propensity-matched controls (n = 300; adjusted odds ratio, 0.3; 95% confidence interval, 0.2–0.7; P = .003).