You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
X Demographics
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
Experiences with online consultation systems in primary care: case study of one early adopter site
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
British Journal of General Practice, October 2017
|
| DOI | 10.3399/bjgp17x693137 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Casey, Sara Shaw, Deborah Swinglehurst |
| Abstract |
There is a strong policy drive towards implementing alternatives to face-to-face consultations in general practice to improve access, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. These alternatives embrace novel technologies that are assumed to offer potential to improve care. To explore the introduction of one online consultation system (Tele-Doc) and how it shapes working practices. Mixed methods case study in an inner-city general practice. The study was conducted through interviews with IT developers, clinicians, and administrative staff, and scrutiny of documents, websites, and demonstrator versions of Tele-Doc, followed by thematic analysis and discourse analysis. Three interrelated themes were identified: online consultation systems as innovation, managing the 'messiness' of general practice consultations, and redistribution of the work of general practice. These themes raise timely questions about what it means to consult in contemporary general practice. Uptake of Tele-Doc by patients was low. Much of the work of the consultation was redistributed to patients and administrators, sometimes causing misunderstandings. The 'messiness' of consultations was hard to eliminate. In-house training focused on the technical application rather than associated transformations to practice work that were not anticipated. GPs welcomed varied modes of consulting, but the aspiration of improved efficiency was not realised in practice. Tele-Doc offers a new kind of consultation that is still being worked out in practice. It may offer convenience for patients with discrete, single problems, and a welcome variation to GPs' workload. Tele-Doc's potential for addressing more complex problems and achieving efficiency is less clear, and its adoption may involve unforeseeable consequences. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 41 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 14 | 34% |
| Spain | 4 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Kenya | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 15 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 27 | 66% |
| Scientists | 10 | 24% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 119 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 119 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 40 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 5% |
| Engineering | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 49 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 September 2022.
All research outputs
#1,044,574
of 25,885,956 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of General Practice
#460
of 4,963 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,157
of 336,794 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of General Practice
#15
of 96 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,885,956 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,963 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 19.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 336,794 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 96 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its contemporaries.