Review of 5.5 Years' Experience Using E-mail-Based Telemedicine to Deliver Orthopedic Care to Remote Communities

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 37-40

  Cota, Adam ^a   Tarchala, Magdalena ^a   Parent Harvey, Caroline ^a   Engel, Victor ^a   Berry, Greg ^a   Reindl, Rudy ^a   Harvey, Edward J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency medicine teletrauma; extreme environments; telehealth; telemedicine; telesurgery

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FRACTURE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELVES; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TELEHEALTH; TELESURGERY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; COST CONTROL; E-MAIL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELECONSULTATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009446785     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0030     Document Type: Review

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