TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergency department-based telemedicine
AU - Chi, Chih Hsien
AU - Chang, In
AU - Wu, Wei Ping
N1 - Funding Information:
Although many studies have been published concerning clinical telemedicine, little information is available about emergency department (ED)-based telemedicine programs. An ED-based telemedicine program was initiated in April 1996 involving the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) and the Provincial Peng-Hu Hospital (PPHH) under a pilot project supported by the Department of Health. This is the first telemedicine program for remote offshore island service in Taiwan. The program is synchronous in nature to the practice of telemedicine. The role of the emergency physician includes giving initial suggestions, arranging consultations, coordination, and the organization of other medical tasks, such as accompanying some of the transfers. During the 12-month period, this system was used in 275 consultations, including 24 specialty and/or subspecialty department/sections, and more than 100 members of the medical staff have participated in this project since. In a survey, 89.4% of physicians in the PPHH and 82.2% of the physicians in NCKUH rated the system as very comfortable to work with and satisfactory. According to these observations, an ED-based telemedicine program is a feasible method for carrying out remote consultations. Successful development of the partnership and program of telemedicine is based on the active participation and coordination of the medical personnel and technicians between the cooperating hospitals. (Am J Emerg Med 1999;17:408-411. Copyright © 1999 by W.B. Saunders Company)
Funding Information:
From the *Departments of Emergency Medicine and tMedical Informatics, National Cheng-Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, and the ~Department of Internal Medicine, Provincial Peng-Hu Hospital, Peng-Hu, Taiwan. Manuscript received December 9, 1997, returned January 2, 1998; revision received March 6, 1998, accepted May 22, 1998. Supported in part by a grant from the Taiwan Department of Health, Nil Pilot System of Telemedicine. Address reprint requests to Dr Chi, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 70428, Taiwan. Key Words: Emergency department, synchronous, telemedicine. Copyright © 1999 by W.B. Saunders Company 0735-6757/99/1704-0022510.00/0
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PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Although many studies have been published concerning clinical telemedicine, little information is available about emergency department (ED)based telemedicine programs. An ED-based telemedicine program was initiated in April 1996 involving the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) and the Provincial Peng-Hu Hospital (PPHH) under a pilot project supported by the Department of Health. This is the first telemedicine program for remote offshore island service in Taiwan. The program is synchronous in nature to the practice of telemedicine. The role of the emergency physician includes giving initial suggestions, arranging consultations, coordination, and the organization of other medical tasks, such as accompanying some of the transfers. During the 12-month period, this system was used in 275 consultations, including 24 specialty and/or subspecialty department/sections, and more than 100 members of the medical staff have participated in this project since. In a survey, 89.4% of physicians in the PPHH and 82.2% of the physicians in NCKUH rated the system as very comfortable to work with and satisfactory. According to these observations, an ED-based telemedicine program is a feasible method for carrying out remote consultations. Successful development of the partnership and program of telemedicine is based on the active participation and coordination of the medical personnel and technicians between the cooperating hospitals.
AB - Although many studies have been published concerning clinical telemedicine, little information is available about emergency department (ED)based telemedicine programs. An ED-based telemedicine program was initiated in April 1996 involving the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH) and the Provincial Peng-Hu Hospital (PPHH) under a pilot project supported by the Department of Health. This is the first telemedicine program for remote offshore island service in Taiwan. The program is synchronous in nature to the practice of telemedicine. The role of the emergency physician includes giving initial suggestions, arranging consultations, coordination, and the organization of other medical tasks, such as accompanying some of the transfers. During the 12-month period, this system was used in 275 consultations, including 24 specialty and/or subspecialty department/sections, and more than 100 members of the medical staff have participated in this project since. In a survey, 89.4% of physicians in the PPHH and 82.2% of the physicians in NCKUH rated the system as very comfortable to work with and satisfactory. According to these observations, an ED-based telemedicine program is a feasible method for carrying out remote consultations. Successful development of the partnership and program of telemedicine is based on the active participation and coordination of the medical personnel and technicians between the cooperating hospitals.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90098-0
DO - 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90098-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 10452445
AN - SCOPUS:0032776105
SN - 0735-6757
VL - 17
SP - 408
EP - 411
JO - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 4
ER -