Erratum to: Clinical audit of POM-V / POM prescriptions by remote consultation via a veterinary video telemedicine smartphone application

¹Vet-AI, Ebble House, Odstock, Salisbury, England, SP5 4JB
^*Corresponding Author (adele.williams@vet-ai.com)

Unfortunately the original version of the article had the following two errors.

Within the Results section after Figure 6 under the sub-heading Complete / expected response to treatment was changed from:

Complete / expected response to treatment

60.3% (2,135/3,541) of remote consultations which were prescribed a POM-V / POM product resulted in the outcome complete or expected response to treatment.

• 8% (1,197 /3,541) complete response / resolutions of clinical signs after follow-up appointment or email
• 5% (938/3,541) expected response to treatment (complete resolution of signs not expected in these cases most requiring chronic ongoing medication e.g., non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) for chronic osteoarthritis, or anti-pruritic for atopic dermatitis)

Of the consults where the outcome was known (when the outcome category ‘no treatment outcome available’ was removed) 89.0% (2,135/2,399) of all treatment outcomes were complete / expected response to treatment.

To:

Complete / expected response to treatment

60.3% (2,135/3,541) of remote consultations which were prescribed a POM-V / POM product resulted in the outcome complete or expected response to treatment.

• 33.8% (1,197 /3,541) complete response / resolutions of clinical signs after follow-up appointment or email
• 26.5% (938/3,541) expected response to treatment (complete resolution of signs not expected in these cases most requiring chronic ongoing medication e.g., non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) for chronic osteoarthritis, or anti-pruritic for atopic dermatitis)

Of the consults where the outcome was known (when the outcome category ‘no treatment outcome available’ was removed) 89.0% (2,135/2,399) of all treatment outcomes were complete / expected response to treatment.

This error was in both the HTML and PDF versions. This has now been updated in both the HTML and PDF versions.

Within the Results section after Figure 6 under the sub-heading No treatment outcome available was changed from:

No treatment outcome available

Of the 3,541 consultations in which a prescription was purchased, 32.3% (1,142/3,541), had no treatment outcome available for the following reasons:

• 4% (1,078/3,541) No feedback received (lost to follow-up despite multiple attempts)
• 8% (64/3,541) patients were not administered prescribed medication for reasons including:
  • postal delay / out of stock (those cases were referred into practice)
  • condition deteriorated prior to commencement of treatment and were referred into practice
  • symptoms resolved before medication was administered
  • order cancelled by owner

To:

No treatment outcome available

Of the 3,541 consultations in which a prescription was purchased, 32.3% (1,142/3,541), had no treatment outcome available for the following reasons:

• 30.4% (1,078/3,541) No feedback received (lost to follow-up despite multiple attempts)
• 1.8% (64/3,541) patients were not administered prescribed medication for reasons including:
  • postal delay / out of stock (those cases were referred into practice)
  • condition deteriorated prior to commencement of treatment and were referred into practice
  • symptoms resolved before medication was administered
  • order cancelled by owner