PMID: 9553557Apr 29, 1998Paper

Telemedicine and orthopaedic care. A review of 2 years of experience

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
C J LambrechtG M McKenzie

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study the delivery of orthopaedic care via a telemedicine network. This study is a descriptive analysis of orthopaedic teleconsultations done during a 2-year period by three orthopaedic surgeons. Four hundred ten teleconsultations were done during the study period from February 1, 1995, to December 31, 1996. Orthopaedic surgeons engaged in 91 teleconsultations (22% of all teleconsultations). Reasons for orthopaedic teleconsultations were: evaluation and treatment of fracture care (39 cases; 43%); evaluation and treatment of ligamentous injury, joint swelling and infection (32 cases; 35%); postoperative evaluation (16 cases; 18%); and evaluation and treatment of dislocations (four cases; 4%). Sixty-two (68%) of the patients remained in the rural community. Twenty-one (23%) of the orthopaedic teleconsultations were classified as emergent (done immediately). Thirty-five (38%) were urgent (done within 1 to 2 hours of provider request), and 35 (38%) were scheduled. The mean duration of time for teleconsultations was 12.8 minutes. Eighty-seven (96%) of the teleconsultations occurred Monday through Friday. Outcome data were collected on all patients involved in teleconsultations. No adverse patient o...Continue Reading

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