Using telemedicine to improve the care delivered to sexually abused children in rural, underserved hospitals

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-228

  MacLeod, Kristen J ^a   Marcin, James P ^b   Boyle, Cathy ^a   Miyamoto, Sheridan ^a   Dimand, Robert J ^c   Rogers, Kristen K ^a,d  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Nonaccidental trauma; Quality of care; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLPOSCOPY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIMETHOD STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; SKILL; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEOCONFERENCING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 59449087369     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1921     Document Type: Article

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