U.S. plastic surgeons who developed a telehealth workflow found telehealth encounters with reconstructive patients allowed for real-time clinical decision-making, saved patients and doctors time, resulted in satisfied patients and would likely significantly reduce costs, according to a study published August 2019 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
The model could be used in aesthetic medicine for consultations and other appointments, potentially offering the same benefits with patient and provider satisfaction, according to the study’s senior author John F. Nigriny, MD, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and assistant professor of surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
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