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Telemedicine
Studies from F.J. Lai et al add new findings in the area of telemedicine
July 7th, 2009
"In the USA, several telestroke networks have been successfully implemented in which a stroke centre of excellence provides expertise to community and rural hospitals via telemedicine. Stroke patients can thus receive round-the-clock access to stroke expertise," scientists in the United States report. "The Remote Presence (RP) system is used in several of these telestroke networks. The stroke expert uses a laptop and wireless Internet to connect to the RP robot in the peripheral emergency department. This improves the geographical reach of stroke specialist care, and improves patient outcomes as well as conforming with best practice," wrote F.J. Lai and...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2009-07-07)
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