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Home Research Research Library Prevalence and Factors Associated with Family Physicians Providing E-Visits Prevalence and Factors Associated with Family Physicians Providing E-Visits 2019 Author(s) Peabody, Michael R, Dai, Mingliang, Turner, Kea, Peterson, Lars E, and Mainous, Arch G III Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Purpose: The use of telemedicine has grown in recent years. As a subset of telemedicine, e-visits typically involve the evaluation and management of a patient by a physician or other clinician through a Web-based or electronic communication system. The national prevalence of e-visits by primary care physicians is unclear as is what factors influence adoption. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of family physicians providing e-visits and associated factors.Methods: A national, cross-sectional practice demographic questionnaire for 7580 practicing family physicians was utilized. Bivariate statistics were calculated and logistic regression was conducted examining both physician level and practice level factors associated with offering e-visits.Results: The overall prevalence of offering e-visits was 9.3% (n = 702). Compared with private practice physicians, other physicians were more likely to offer e-visits if their primary practice was an academic health center/faculty practice (odds ratio [OR], 1.73; 95% CI, 1.03 to 2.91), managed care/health maintenance organization (HMO) practice (OR, 9.79; 95% CI, 7.05 to 13.58), hospital-/health system–owned medical practice (not including managed care or HMO) (OR, 2.50; 95% CI, 1.83 to 3.41), workplace clinic (OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.43 to 3.63), or federal (military, Veterans Administration [VA]/Department of Defense) (OR, 4.49; 95% CI, 2.93 to 6.89). Physicians with no official ownership stake (OR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.28 to 0.68) or other ownership arrangement (OR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.12 to 0.71) had lower odds of offering e-visits compared with sole owners.Conclusion: Fewer than 10% of family physicians provided e-visits. Physicians in HMO and VA settings (ie, capitated vs noncapitated models) were more likely to provide e-visits, which suggests that reimbursement may be a major barrier. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines 2025 Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone Go to Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone 2021 A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine Go to A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine 2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals
Author(s) Peabody, Michael R, Dai, Mingliang, Turner, Kea, Peterson, Lars E, and Mainous, Arch G III Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, and Practice Organization / Ownership Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines 2025 Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone Go to Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone 2021 A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine Go to A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine 2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals
2013 Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines Go to Historic Growth Rates Vary Widely Across the Primary Care Physician Disciplines
2025 Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone Go to Natural Language Processing Improves Reliable Identification of COVID-19 Compared to Diagnostic Codes Alone
2021 A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine Go to A Cross-Sectional Study of Factors Associated With Pediatric Scope of Care in Family Medicine
2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals