Telemedicine in primary care
Doctors need to invest in appropriate equipment, consider operation issues, legal issues.
Doctors need to invest in appropriate equipment, consider operation issues, legal issues.
Most patients undergoing ambulatory surgery accepted and were highly satisfied with telehealth.
Transitioning telemedicine systems from resource limited settings to widespread use could improve health outcomes in patients with chronic conditions.
Primary care clinicians who participated in a telemedicine training program – the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model – managed hepatitis C virus infections just as effectively as specialty clinicians.