Teletrauma Use in US Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nearly 30 million predominantly rural US residents lack timely access to trauma care expertise available at level I or II trauma centers. Telehealth is an established approach to improve access to health care expertise using remote consultation; however, the prevalence of use of telehealth in trauma (teletrauma) across the US is not known.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of, trends in, and factors associated with teletrauma use and adoption among US emergency departments (EDs).

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study included data from the National Emergency Department Inventory (NEDI)-USA survey from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2020. Each year, a 1-page survey was sent to the directors of nonfederal, nonspecialty EDs by mail and email

SUBMITTER: Hashmi ZG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature