BACKGROUND Protocol-based resuscitation strategies in the Emergency Department (ED) improve survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and severe sepsis but implementation has been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of a real-time provider-to-provider telemedical intervention for the treatment of OHCA and severe sepsis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A three-center pilot st...

Application of computer and telecommunication technology calls serious challenges in routine diagnostic pathology. Complete data integration, fast access patients' data to usage of diagnosis thesaurus labeled with standardized codes and free text supplements, complex inquiry of the data contents, data exchange via teleconsultation and multilevel data protection are required functions of an inte...

Immediate analysis of specimens, such as rapid cytology adequacy determination and frozen section interpretation are now employed using real time screen sharing and whole slide imaging technologies. Both have been shown to be accurate and have proven to be substantial productivity enhancers for pathologists. Secondary consultation practices have employed predominantly the whole slide imaging ap...

BACKGROUND Inter-hospital teleconsultation improves stroke care. To transfer this concept into the emergency medical service (EMS), the feasibility and effects of prehospital teleconsultation were investigated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Teleconsultation enabling audio communication, real-time video streaming, vital data and still picture transmission was conducted between an ambulance an...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, new organisational strategies should be identified to improve primary care and its link with secondary care in terms of efficacy and timeliness of interventions thus preventing unnecessary hospital accesses and costs saving for the health system. The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of the use of teleconsultation by general practitioners in rural areas. METH...

Introduction In the pathology field, digital slide conferencing capabilities are obviously a highly necessary functionality when multiple participants need to simultaneously view the same digital slide from multiple, remote locations e.g. for frozen section teleconsultation, second opinion on complex cases or e-learning. In this presentation we present an expertise approach that uses teleconsul...

BACKGROUND Telemedicine has been used for many years to support doctors in the developing world. Several networks provide services in different settings and in different ways. However, to draw conclusions about which telemedicine networks are successful requires a method of evaluating them. No general consensus or validated framework exists for this purpose. OBJECTIVE To define a basic method...

This study examined teleconsultants' specialty, practice setting, type of employment, years and training in telemedicine to evaluate the effect of these characteristics on diagnoses and treatment. A postuse survey was conducted during 1998-2003 (n = 454 consultations) in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Rural Hospital, Telehealth Project. There were 61 consultants who conducted ...

ABSTRACT: The Digital Era generates transformations and opportunities in people's daily lives the different branches of activity. act buying, studying or even health care is process evolution. Telemedicine its aspects, such as Teleconsultation, appear alternatives connected to this new reality. Based on study, objective was identify existing technologies applicable Teleconsultation practices do...