Amelia Ganefianty, Praneed Songwathana, Jintana Damkliang
Readiness for hospital discharge perceived by caregivers of patients with traumatic brain injury: A cross-sectional study
Belitung nursing journal
background covid19 pandemic necessitated widespread rollout teleconsultations across primary care services uk medias depiction remote consultations especially regarding safety wellestablished insights important newspapers coverage healthcarerelated news influence public perception national policy clinicians job satisfaction aim explore national newspapers uk depicted direct indirect consequences remotefirst approach patient safety design setting performed thematic analysis newspaper articles discussed patient safety primary care teleconsultations published 21st january 202122nd april 2022 methods identified relevant articles using lexisnexis academic uk database categorised data articles codes developing emergent themes iterative process results across 57 articles identified main safety concern identified missed andor delayed diagnoses teleappointments isolated cases inappropriate prescribing also reported media reported transition remotefirst approach reduced accessibility primary care appointments groups especially patients lower digital literacyaccess heightened burden healthcare services particular reports patient care compromised across nhs emergency departments ed conclusions media predominantly reported negative impacts remote consultations patient safety particularly involving missed andor delayed diagnoses work highlights importance exploration safety remote consultations impact erroneous media reporting policies policymakers