Impact of telemedicine on the quality of forensic sexual abuse examinations in rural communities

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1533-1539

  Miyamoto, Sheridan ^a   Dharmar, Madan ^b   Boyle, Cathy ^c   Yang, Nikki H ^b   MacLeod, Kristen ^d   Rogers, Kristen ^e   Nesbitt, Thomas ^b   Marcin, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Calaveras County SART Team   (United States)

^d Northern Nevada Medical Center   (United States)

^e Child and Adolescent Health Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; Forensic nursing; Pediatrics; Quality of healthcare; Rural health; Sexual abuse; Sexual assault; Sexual violence; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORENSIC EXAMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84908223633     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.015     Document Type: Article

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