Advanced practice providers (APPs) are an expanding clinical workforce and are being
used in a wide variety of medical specialties to provide increased access to quality care. In …

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 …

Background Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is well-established for the
care of patients requiring IV antibiotics after hospital discharge but little is known about the …

Telemedicine technologies are rapidly being integrated into infectious diseases programs
with the aim of increasing access to infectious diseases specialty care for isolated …

Infectious diseases are among the most common medical conditions suffered by soldiers
while serving in missions away from their home countries. The diagnosis of these diseases …

Objective To compare patterns of rheumatology consultations and outcomes across four
different platforms in the Military Health System (MHS): face-to-face, synchronous telehealth …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic showed that infection prevention and control (IPC)
human resources are critical and are stretched in prolonged crisis. There has also been a …

Early hospital discharge of acutely infected patients to received outpatient parenteral
antimicrobial therapy has been shown to be safe and effective. However, concerns over …

In direct-to-consumer telemedicine, physicians treat patients through real-time audiovisual
conferencing for common conditions such as acute respiratory infections. Early studies had …

Background In an inpatient setting, Infectious Diseases (ID) physician care may lead to
lower mortality rates and readmissions. When consultation is performed earlier in the …