Tele-Echocardiography: Utilization for the Diagnosis and Management of Children With Congenital Heart Disease
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INTRODUCTION In Iowa, the geographic distribution of the population makes telemedicine connections an efficient way to deliver tertiary care services to underserved areas. We established “connections” around the State of Iowa using (1) a courier service, (2) Integrated Services Digital Network-Primary Rate Interface (ISDN-PRI) connections operating at 1.54 Mbps, and (3) DS3 links operating at 45 Mbps. The goals of the current study were to examine the utilization and diagnostic yield of remote pediatric echocardiographic services, the effectiveness of the various transmission methods, and the diagnostic accuracy of the teleechocardiographic service.
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