Practical aspects of telehealth: Are my patients suited to telehealth?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-584

  Sabesan, S ^a,b   Allen, D ^d   Loh, P K ⁱ   Caldwell, P ^e,f   Mozer, R ^h   Komesaroff, P A ^j   Talman, P ^j,k,l   Williams, M ^c   Shaheen, N ^g  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Townsville Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^c MACKAY BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Quality Occupational Health   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^g ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Rankin Park Centre   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l Deakin University Medical School   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Geographic isolation; Telehealth; Teleoncology

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ELECTROLYTE; ETOPOSIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; PERINDOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLONOSCOPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TELEHEALTH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84877919496     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12119     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Smith AC, Gray LC. Telemedicine across the ages. Med J Aust 2009; 190: 15-19.
2. Grazia Dalfra M, Nicolucci A, Lapolla A. The effect of telemedicine on outcome and quality of life in pregnant women with diabetes. J Telemed Telecare 2009; 15: 238-242.
3. Sabesan S, Larkins S, Evans R, Varma S, Andrews A, Beuttner P etal. Telemedicine for rural cancer in North Queensland: bringing cancer care home. Aust J Rural Health 2012; 20: 259-264.
4. Schwab S, Vatankhah B, Kukla C, Hauchwitz M, Bogdahn U, Fürst A etal. Long-term outcome after thrombolysis in telemedical stroke care. Neurology 2007; 69: 898-903.
5. Nakamoto H. Telemedicine system for patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int 2007; 27: S21-26.
6. Sabesan S, Simcox K, Marr I. Medical oncology clinics via videoconferencing: an acceptable telehealth model for rural patients and health workers. Intern Med J 2012; 42: 780-785.
7. Mooi JK, Whop LJ, Valery PC, Sabesan SS. Teleoncology for Indigenous patients: the responses of patients and health workers. Aust J Rural Health 2012; 20: 265-269.
8. Physicians telehealth support project. [homepage on the Internet]. Sydney: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians. [cited 2013 Jan 15]. Available from URL: http://www.racptelehealth.com.au