Telemedicine for acute plastic surgical trauma and burns

The Role of Telemedicine in the Management of Acute Trauma Referrals to a Regional Plastic and Hand Surgery Unit in the South East of England

“…Due to a lack of ready access to a computer terminal at night 4% of telemedicine images were not reviewed immediately. We saw a significant difference (P 0.004) in the management of referrals overall, see figure 10 ( Wallace et al 2008). The Telemedicine group had fewer attendances for clinical review, fewer referrals declined and increased use of day surgery.…”

“…Its use has increased over the last decade to become a routine part of the care pathway for the management of injured patients, see figure 22. We have published evidence of the change in management of our patients due to the system, with improved triage and efficiency of our acute services (Wallace et al 2007;Wallace et al 2008). Use of the telemedicine system has now become part of routine acute trauma management, see figure 17.…”

Postoperative care using a secure online patient portal: changing the (inter) face of general surgery

“…[19][20][21][22][23][24]26 As a result of smartphone-based digital cameras, most people now have basic familiarity with image capture and sharing. 41 Prior survey-based work suggested that most patients would be willing to use smartphones for wound surveillance after vascular surgery procedures.…”

“…Classically known as "store-and-forward" telemedicine, this approach has been used successfully to provide clinical assessments and follow-up care in dermatology, plastic surgery, and burn care. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Often, these images are captured by a clinician in one setting and shared with another clinician elsewhere. To date, there has been minimal incorporation of these new care delivery modalities into general surgical care, and patients have been less frequently relied upon to generate their own data in the form of digital images.…”

“Evaluation of a Very Low-Cost and Simple Teleradiology Technique”

“…This fact contributed to the advent and advance of provision of healthcare over a distance or telemedicine. Telemedicine is the practice of medicine at a distance; it usually comprises of quick access to remote medical expertise using telecommunication and information technologies [4]. Overall, telemedicine is transferring of medical data by the use of electric methods of communication when the participants are at different locations.…”