Clinical course outcomes for store and forward teledermatology versus conventional consultation: a randomized trial.

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective chart review to estimate the extent to which palliative home care visits could be carried out using videophones and to explore factors that might inform the eligibility criteria for video-visits. Four hundred palliative home care health records of deceased clients from 2002 were randomly s...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hebert MA,Paquin MJ,Whitten L,Cai P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-supervised call centre was used to allow oncology patients to contact their personal doctors 24 hours a day. Incoming patient calls to the centre were automatically routed to the doctor's mobile phone or office telephone. Over four years, an average of 407 calls were made each year, by an average of 274 oncology...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Ferrer-Roca O,Subirana R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently evaluating the use of telemedicine for improving the care of patients admitted with neurological symptoms to hospitals that do not have specialist neurologists on site. To do this we have been comparing the outcome of patients admitted to two small hospitals. In one hospital all patients with neurolog...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Craig J,Chua R,Russell C,Patterson V,Wootton R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine demonstration projects in the Western Pacific are attempting to provide distance medical consulting and distance medical education for the isolated health-care workforce of the region. The Picasso Phone system is a low-cost telemedicine system which requires only the standard telephone network for its ope...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Malani J,Dever GJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of slit-lamp photographs interpreted by telemedicine compared to a conventional clinical examination. A convenience sample of 21 patients with anterior segment disease was enrolled at the Lumbini Eye Institute (LEI) in Bhairahawa, Nepal. An ophthalmologist at the LEI examined each ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Peeler CE,Dhakhwa K,Mian SI,Blachley T,Patel S,Musch DC,Woodward MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emergency ambulance was equipped with three video-cameras and a system for transmitting slow-scan video-pictures through a cellular telephone link to a hospital accident and emergency department. Video-pictures were trasmitted at a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and a frame rate of 15 pictures/min. In addition, a h...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Curry GR,Harrop N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly individuals involved in a home telenursing project were studied. The project nurses provided home health services from 'telenursing cockpits' located in three separate sites in Kansas. A cable television-based interactive video system was used to transmit video pictures at 30 frames/s, with 288 horizontal line...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Whitten P,Mair F,Collins B

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the patient experience of a telephone booster intervention, i.e. weekly reinforcement of the clinic advice regarding lifestyle modification advice to support weight loss. Forty six adults with Type 2 diabetes and a body mass index >28 kg/m(2) were randomised into either intervention (n = 25) or control (n =...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Wu L,Forbes A,While A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A literature review was conducted to obtain a high-level view of the value of telemedicine in the management of five common chronic diseases (asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension). A total of 141 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) was identified, in which 148 telemedicine interventions of various kinds...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Wootton R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our study aimed to compare the effectiveness of telemonitoring over structured telephone support in reducing heart failure-related healthcare utilization. METHODS:This was a non-randomised controlled study comparing 150 recently discharged heart failure patients enrolled into telemonitoring and 55 patients who on...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Leng Chow W,Aung CYK,Tong SC,Goh GS,Lee S,MacDonald MR,Ng AN,Cao Y,Ahmad AE,Yap MF,Leong G,Bruege A,Tesanovic A,Riistama J,Pang SY,Erazo F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the motivation behind patients attending hospital eye services, 30 in-depth interviews were conducted in Accra, Ghana, using a semi-structured format. Patients were interviewed from five different populations. Discomfort in the eye was the main reason for attending the eye clinic. Patients had high expect...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Baker H,Ntim-Amponsah C,Murdoch IE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The global pandemic has raised awareness of the need for alternative ways to deliver care, notably telehealth. Prior to this study, research has been mixed on its effectiveness and impact on downstream utilization, especially for seniors. Our multi-institution study of more than 300,000 telehealth visits f...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Bernstein P,Ko KJ,Israni J,Cronin AO,Kurliand MM,Shi JM,Chung J,Borgo L,Reed A,Kosten L,Chang AM,Sites FD,Funahashi T,Agha Z

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty burn wounds were assessed in person. The same observer later assessed them using digital images of different sizes. The file sizes tested were 2.25, 5.5 and 9 MByte per image. There was good agreement between the diagnoses of burn depth made using the digital images and those made in person, with kappa scores of...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Jones OC,Wilson DI,Andrews S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U Special Kids Program (USK) at the University of Minnesota provides care coordination and case management services by telephone to children with special health-care needs. We measured the effect of the USK programme on hospital resource utilization using a retrospective record review. Information on hospitalizati...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Cady R,Finkelstein S,Kelly A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes were enrolled into a telemonitoring programme. They were offered the choice of collecting their health data either by using Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones equipped with a dedicated application (App), or by means of a web-browser based user interface (Web). At the end of the...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Schreier G,Eckmann H,Hayn D,Kreiner K,Kastner P,Lovell N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-implemented telehealth systems can reduce the total costs of care by reducing emergency hospital visits and unnecessary treatment. Telehealth is especially well-suited to supporting patients with chronic, complex or co-morbid conditions. A substantial body of research--much from the USA--documents the value of a ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hueppmeier RJ,Single A,Welte I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We searched the MEDLINE database for publications about telemedicine from 1966 to 2003. Only publications with a first institutional address in Spain and from journals listed in the JCR Science Edition 2002 were included in the study. A total of 118 publications were found. The first publication appeared in 1988 and p...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Gonzalez F,Castro AF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to (a) review what theories have been applied to the development of digital self-management interventions for people with neurological disorders; (b) examine their effectiveness to improve depression, anxiety, fatigue and self-efficacy; and (c) identify the optimal mode of intervention del...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Lau SC,Bhattacharjya S,Fong MW,Nicol GE,Lenze EJ,Baum C,Hardi A,Wong AW

更新日期：2020-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial teleradiology is well established in the US. There are many factors to consider when engaging a teleradiology provider. One of the basic questions is what do you expect to gain from it? Do you want a final reading from an attending radiologist (known as a consultant radiologist in many countries) or would y...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Hunter TB,Krupinski EA,Weinstein RS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the parents of burns patients could capture suitable clinical images with a digital camera and add the necessary text information to enable the paediatric burns team to provide follow-up care via email. Four families were involved in the study, each of whom sent regular email consultations for ...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Johansen MA,Wootton R,Kimble R,Mill J,Smith A,Hockey A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Using real-world data from the Providence Oregon Telestroke Network, we examined the cost-effectiveness of telestroke from both the spoke and hub perspectives by level of financial responsibility for these costs and by patient stroke severity. METHODS:We constructed a decision analytic model using patient...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Nelson RE,Okon N,Lesko AC,Majersik JJ,Bhatt A,Baraban E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saudi Arabia faces a severe shortage of nurses. An online nursing degree is being introduced as one approach to this problem. In 1999, the College of Nursing and Health Science at George Mason University formed a strategic partnership with IMED Link, a private telehealth company, to deliver online nursing education. N...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Carty RM,Principato JJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 1998 two neurologists and a professor of telemedicine met to solve a clinical problem--how to get neurological expertise to patients admitted acutely to hospitals which had no resident neurologist. Four years later, two new consultant neurologists were appointed in Northern Ireland with sessions in telemedici...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Patterson V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a leading cause of vision loss in industrialized countries. Diabetic retinopathy has features which make it ideal for disease management by telemedicine. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has recently established consensus recommendations for ocular telemedicine for diabetic retinopathy,...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Cavallerano J,Aiello LM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK National Health Service (NHS), NHS Direct, the national 24-h telephone helpline, has been available in England and Wales since 2000 and has been termed a 'single gateway' to health care. We conducted a population survey of 15,004 people in areas covered by the service, which included questions about NHS Dire...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Knowles E,Munro J,O'Cathain A,Nicholl J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of an advanced communication network for education has been an integral part of practice at the Mayo Clinic since 1986. The network has been used for patient care, research coordination and administrative support, as well as for educational programming. In 1994, 2655 hours were broadcast by satellite. There we...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Tangalos EG,McGee R,Bigbee AW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied self-observations related to weight management recorded with a Wellness Diary application on a mobile phone. The data were recorded by 27 participants in a 12-week study, which included a short weight management lecture followed by independent usage of the Wellness Diary. We studied the validity of self-obs...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Mattila E,Lappalainen R,Pärkkä J,Salminen J,Korhonen I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the health status of the population of a small Greek island was collected. The information consisted of personal data, clinical history, physical examination, blood pressure evaluation, electrocardiography, and ultrasound scans of neck, breast and abdomen. Ninety-six per cent of the entire island popula...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Balestri R,Cavina E,Aliferis A,Goletti O,Rocci R,Lippolis PV,Zocco G,Franceschi M,Cotrozzi A,Economou S,Christofidis E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation tested the hypothesis that interactive, low-resolution telemedicine is an effective method for radiologists' consultations. The case material consisted of radiographs and digital images from patients with 14 paediatric diseases readily diagnosed by imaging, and 10 matched controls. The original imag...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Franken EA Jr,Berbaum KS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of a video-phone network on peer support among frail elderly people living at home. We conducted a one-year trial of network formation among 14 people (five men and nine women, age range 78-85 years) through coordinator intervention and the use of ISDN video-phones. The purpose of the intervent...

journal_title：Journal of telemedicine and telecare

authors： Ezumi H,Ochiai N,Oda M,Saito S,Ago M,Fukuma N,Takenami S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00