PMID: 9640735Jun 26, 1998Paper

Nurse reactions to a prototype home telemedicine system

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
P Whitten, B Collins

Abstract

We have studied nurse reactions to a prototype home health telemedicine system. The system used interactive video through the local cable television network. Six nurses were directly involved with telecare video-visits. There were 54 patients. The average age of the patients was 76 years (range 21-101). Thirty-six (67%) patients were female and 18 (33%) were male. The patients had an average of 4.6 different diagnoses (range 1-16). They were also on a very wide range of medications (mean 9.9, range 2-23). Nurses overwhelmingly felt the system was effective for what this particular project was trying to accomplish. They were enthusiastic about the prospects of practising nursing by telemedicine, even though they had reservations about aspects of the particular system being used. Their main complaints were about limitations of the software and limitations of the telecommunication system that linked them to the patients.

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Jan 1, 1995·Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare·K Mahmud, J Lenz

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Jun 2, 2005·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Jamal AmeenMelanie Peters
Sep 29, 2009·Telemedicine Journal and E-health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association·Jonathan SandbergRuth S Weinstock

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