Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has required novel solutions for issues that arise with social distancing. Telehealth has become one of those solutions in many clinics around the U.S. As we look beyond, the pandemic telehealth can be utilized as an important tool for clinics in the future. Patient satisfaction will most likely affect reimbursement, while provider perception will affect implementation. We see this as a valuable tool to many epilepsy clinics. The goal of our survey was to determine the perceptions and satisfaction of patients with intractable epilepsy and providers with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic; we surveyed patient and providers. We evaluated the first 111 patients who participated in our telehealth visits. We conducted telephone surveys with the first 68 patients who agreed to participate. We also conducted surveys by email with our providers who participated in these telehealth visits. We found that 66% of patients and 67% of providers would use a telehealth visit in the future if given the option. Review of our patients' and providers' comments provides valuable insights for building a long-term successful intractable epilepsy telehealth clinic.

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COVID-19 大流行期间癫痫患者和提供者的远程医疗认知

2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 需要新的解决方案来解决因社交距离而出现的问题。远程医疗已成为美国许多诊所的解决方案之一。展望未来，大流行的远程医疗可以用作诊所的重要工具。患者满意度很可能会影响报销，而提供者的看法将影响实施。我们认为这是许多癫痫诊所的宝贵工具。我们调查的目的是确定在 COVID-19 大流行期间顽固性癫痫患者和远程医疗提供者的看法和满意度；我们调查了患者和提供者。我们评估了参与远程医疗访问的前 111 名患者。我们对同意参与的前 68 名患者进行了电话调查。我们还通过电子邮件与参与这些远程医疗访问的提供者进行了调查。我们发现，如果可以选择，66% 的患者和 67% 的提供者将来会使用远程医疗访问。审查我们的患者和提供者的评论为建立长期成功的难治性癫痫远程医疗诊所提供了宝贵的见解。