Tele-Continence Care: A Novel Approach for Providers .

Abstract

Urinary incontinence (UI), typically a sensitive and personal concern, has been amendable to healthcare interventions via telehealth applications. Telehealth has been identified as a method capable of providing care to rural locations based on its ability to eliminate the need for patient and/or healthcare provider travel. The purpose of this project was to determine if telehealth improved follow-up visit rates among rural dwelling patients with UI. Additional data were collected to assess the effect of treatment recommendations, patient perception of this experience, and healthcare team opinion of telehealth implementation. Results reflect an improvement in follow-up rates, effectiveness of the treatment plan, patient satisfaction, and healthcare team support.