Telemedicine

New telemedicine study findings have been published by Z. Agha and colleagues

Published in Physician Law Weekly, March 31st, 2010

"The quality of physician-patient communication is a critical factor influencing treatment outcomes and patient satisfaction with care. To date, there is little research to document the effect of telemedicine ™ on physician-patient communication," scientists writing in the Journal of Medical Internet Research report.

"The objectives of this study are to measure and describe verbal and nonverbal communication during clinical TM consultations and to compare TM with in-person (IP) consultations in terms of the quality of physician-patient communication. Veteran patients (n = 19) requiring pulmonary medicine consultations were enrolled into the study. The study...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2010-03-31)

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