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“Our study strongly suggests that telemedicine can become the mainstay of treatment within FPMRS even after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended,” says Christina Shin, BA.

How FPMRS patients are reacting to televisits

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"Televisits are a valuable form of health care, and I think it could be better reimbursed even after the pandemic ends, especially for telephone visits," says Christina Shin, BA.

FPMRS patients evaluate televisits through survey-based study

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“This is an important form of providing health care, especially for people who have a lot of limitations in coming for in-person visits,” says Nitya E. Abraham, MD.

Evaluating the feasibility of telemedicine in a post-pandemic world

“We found a majority of patients with televisits were satisfied, with many saying it was easy to schedule, easy to comfortably share sensitive information with their doctor, and with the most surprising [finding] being 80% saying they would choose it again over an in-person visit,” says Christina Shin, BA.

Investigators assess the satisfaction of telehealth visits in FPMRS patients

“Same-day discharge is safe and feasible across a broad spectrum of FPMRS cases,” says Jacqueline Zillioux, MD.

Dr. Jacqueline Zillioux discusses same-day discharge after FPMRS cases

“[Patients] want to ensure that all of their episodes of UTIs are seen as a chronic condition that’s really debilitating in their life, and not just single episodes for which they need antibiotics,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.

Noticing the patterns of fear and frustration among patients regarding UTIs

“Giving them options where they don’t need to necessarily jump to antibiotic therapy…are key aspects of management for a lot of these patients,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.

Dr. Victoria Scott on managing recurrent UTIs 

“The frustration component that we found and heard amongst these women was with their providers really focusing their care around antibiotics…[and] not spending enough time on education with prevention strategies,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.

Dr. Victoria Scott discusses patient frustration with treatment courses for recurrent UTIs

“What was surprising to us was that in both arms, about a third of the women really didn't have a urinary tract infection,” says Elizabeth R. Mueller, MD, MSME.

What can be learned from a clinical trial of standard vs expanded cultures to diagnose UTI

“We found in general that there was really no difference in their symptom improvement,” said Elizabeth R. Mueller, MD, MSME, of a study comparing women from whom standard vs expanded cultures were obtained.

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