Media
"Telemedicine is another example of the blazing efficiency of the Internet. Telemedicine is transforming the time-eating practice of going to the doctor's office by eliminating the 'going to the office' part." Source: Wyatt Andrews, CBS News
The TeleAtrics Connect™ system has been used successfully by the Health-e-Access Program to provide effective day-to-day health care, connecting schools and childcare centers with pediatric/family medical practices throughout the Rochester, NY area. These virtual visits between health care providers and children in daycare centers and schools are a cost effective alternative to trips to physicians' offices and emergency rooms.The ABC News story below reports that telehealth visits saved parents an average of 4.5 hours of missed work for each virtual visit and decreased children's health-related absences from school by 63%.
CBS News
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Health-e-Access
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ABC News
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Press Releases
Telemedicine Could Eradicate Many Expensive ED Visits
A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor’s “visit,” or telemedicine, according to investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center. “We learned that more than one in four local patients are using the pediatric emergency department for non-emergencies,” said Kenneth McConnochie, M.D., M.P.H., the study’s lead investigator and a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester’s Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong. “This mismatch of needs and resources is inefficient, costly and impersonal for everyone involved.” Read more >
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