Differences in Diagnosis and Treatment Using Telemedicine Versus In-Person Evaluation of Acute Illness

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 187-195

  McConnochie, Kenneth M ^a   Conners, Gregory P ^b   Brayer, Anne F ^a,b,c,d,e   Goepp, Julius ^c   Herendeen, Neil E ^a   Wood, Nancy E ^a   Thomas, Andrew ^e   Ahn, Danielle S ^d   Roghmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Lupine Creative Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; children; evaluation; reliability; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TELEMEDICINE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33745604854     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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