Characterizing New England Emergency Departments by Telemedicine Use.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Telemedicine connects emergency departments (ED) with resources necessary for patient care; its use has not been characterized nationally, or even regionally. Our primary objective was to describe the prevalence of telemedicine use in New England EDs and the clinical applications of use. Secondarily, we aimed to determine if telemedicine use was associated with consultant availability and to identify ED characteristics associated with telemedicine use.

Methods

We analyzed data from the National Emergency Department Inventory-New England survey, which assessed basic ED characteristics in 2014. The survey queried directors of every ED (n=195) in the six New England states (excluding federal hospitals and college infirmaries). Descriptive statistics characterized E

SUBMITTER: Zachrison KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5654874 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature