Applications of Telemedicine in Child Abuse Pediatrics

Expanding Trauma-Informed Care to Telemedicine: Brief Report From Child Abuse Medical Professionals

“…Given rising concerns of child maltreatment since the pandemic and limited availability of child abuse pediatricians nationwide, telemedicine may increase access to care at a time when decreased reporting rates of abuse raise alarm that cases are being missed. 5,6 Telemedicine may also enable new approaches to understanding the home environment in suspected child maltreatment and observation of other social factors impacting adverse childhood experiences.…”

Improving Physical Abuse Documentation and Photography through a Remote Peer Review Intervention

“…To assess and improve the quality of medical written and photographic image documentation for child physical abuse by pediatricians, we undertook a distributed QI project modeled after a prior project involving sexual abuse documentation. 7 The overall design included a QI project for physician participants and an internal QI project for the expert case reviewers. The project was reviewed and approved by a single Institutional Review Board at the American Academy of Pediatrics.…”

“…6 A prior ABP-approved Maintenance of Certification Part 4 project addressed quality of sexual abuse evaluation." 7 Lastly, evidenced-based recommendations 2,8 for physical abuse evaluation provide best practices to target for the present intervention.…”

“…Improved knowledge and practice have been demonstrated for child abuse pediatricians (CAPs) and others in child sexual abuse through the use of expert case review. 6 A prior ABP-approved Maintenance of Certification Part 4 project addressed quality of sexual abuse evaluation.” 7 Lastly, evidenced-based recommendations 2 , 8 for physical abuse evaluation provide best practices to target for the present intervention.…”

Perceptions of Schoolteachers About Teledentistry Use in Makkah City

“…However, 38.3% of schoolchildren in Saudi Arabia have never visited a dentist, while 30.3% only seek dental care when they are experiencing dental pain [ 4 ]. The unequal distribution of pediatric dentists in Saudi Arabia or their unavailability in some cities has added difficulty for children to access dental care [ 5 ]. Teledentistry can address this barrier by providing children with remote access to dental care services [ 6 ].…”