Implementing Telemedicine in Primary Care

Telemedicine in Primary Care

I receive a call from a parent telling me that his 4 year old has developed a rash. Despite all the questions about its shape and consistency, I was not confident to reassure the parent. Suddenly, he sends me a photo of the rash on my blackberry. Another parent audio recorded his child’s cough that was bothering them all night. On daily basis, I see patients who present to the office for checku...

Cultivating Networks: Implementing Surgical Telemedicine

Preference and Awareness of Telemedicine in Primary Care Patients

BACKGROUND The telemedicine services in Korea are expected to rapidly expand its use to the general population due to the development of digital networking, and its recent revision of related law and regulations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude of telemedicine in primary care patients. METHODS We enrolled a total 243 participants, visited Family Medicin...

Telemedicine enhances quality of forced spirometry in primary care.

Forced spirometry is pivotal for diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases, but its use in primary care is suboptimal. The aim of the present study was to assess a web-based application aiming at fostering high-quality spirometry in primary care. This was a randomised controlled trial with 12 intervention primary care units (PCi) and six control units (PCc) studied over 12 months. All 34...

Telemedicine in Critical Care

Critical care medicine is the specialty that cares for patients with acute life-threatening illnesses where intensivists look after all aspects of patient care. Nevertheless, shortage of physicians and nurses, the relationship between high costs and economic restrictions, and the fact that critical care knowledge is only available at big hospitals puts the system on the edge. In this scenario, ...