Published on in Vol 7 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89735, first published .
Peer Review of “Use of a Specialist Telephone Consultation Line for Long COVID in Primary Care in British Columbia: Retrospective Descriptive Quality Improvement Study”

Peer Review of “Use of a Specialist Telephone Consultation Line for Long COVID in Primary Care in British Columbia: Retrospective Descriptive Quality Improvement Study”

Peer Review of “Use of a Specialist Telephone Consultation Line for Long COVID in Primary Care in British Columbia: Retrospective Descriptive Quality Improvement Study”

Authors of this article:

Saidi Olayinka Olalere1 Author Orcid Image


This is the peer-review report for “Use of a Specialist Telephone Consultation Line for Long COVID in Primary Care in British Columbia: Retrospective Descriptive Quality Improvement Study.”


General Comments

This paper [1] is structured well, with an analysis of the data obtained. The authors need to present how this data will assist the province with some figures or data.

Specific Comments

Major Comments
  1. The authors mention that 6 calls were excluded but never gave an analysis of the trend of the calls.
  2. Can the 6 calls drive some conclusions that can assist with the paper?
  3. Can the authors give a trend line for the period of these calls and if there are related cases of different calls?

Conflicts of Interest

None declared.

  1. Kaushal S, Bhandal J, Birks P, et al. Use of a Specialist Telephone Consultation Line for Long COVID in Primary Care in British Columbia: Retrospective Descriptive Quality Improvement Study. JMIRx Med. 2026;7:e57021. [CrossRef]

Edited by Amy Schwartz; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 16.Dec.2025; accepted 16.Dec.2025; published 10.Feb.2026.

Copyright

© Saidi Olayinka Olalere. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 10.Feb.2026.

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