RESULTS
There were 78 partial or complete responses to the survey. Median age was 13 years (range 22 months – 24 years), 43% identified as female, and 71% identified as Caucasian (Table 1). Of the 24 patients receiving therapy, 8% reported a delay. More participants reported a delay in surveillance scans (18%) and scheduled appointments (24%). No patients surveyed chose to delay treatments or suveillance against provider’s recommendations.
Sixteen percent used our EMR to send messages, and 59.4% had video visits using Epic© EMR or Zoom. Five percent of participants reported difficulty getting in touch with the oncology team.
Other care-related questions revealed 22% of participants endorsed fear about going to the emergency department. A majority of patients/caregivers (89.7%) felt the institution’s visitor policy helped keep them safe, and 93.2% felt it helped keep others safe.