Table 2.
Data on experiences and views on the use of telemedicine at the outpatient clinic.
| Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
| My work situation changed compared to normal (N = 128) | 94 (73) | 34 (27) |
| We have maintained the regular outpatient clinic (with in‐person appointments as the norm) (N = 132) | 10 (8) | 122 (92) |
| We have switched to primarily telephone/video consultations (N = 131) | 114 (87) | 17 (13) |
| We assess newly referred patients via telephone consultation (N = 120) | 65 (54) | 55 (46) |
| We assess newly referred patients via video consultation (N = 119) | 36 (30) | 83 (70) |
| We do follow‐ups via telephone consultation (N = 130) | 129 (99) | 1 (1) |
| We do follow‐ups via video consultation (N = 123) | 62 (50) | 61 (50) |
| Telephone/video consultations are more effective and better than the regular in‐person appointment (N = 109) | 38 (35) | 71 (65) |
| Do you spend less time on telephone/video consultations than at the regular in‐person appointment? (N = 118) | 91 (77) | 27 (23) |
| From a professional perspective, are telephone consultations with newly referred patients satisfactorily (N = 86) | 11 (13) | 75 (87) |
| From a professional perspective, are video consultations with newly referred patients satisfactorily (N = 43) | 8 (19) | 35 (81) |
| From a professional perspective, do follow‐ups by telephone consultation work satisfactorily (N = 115) | 98 (85) | 17 (15) |
| From a professional perspective, do follow‐ups by video consultation work satisfactorily (N = 57) | 42 (74) | 15 (26) |
Numbers given as n (%).