Expectations of medical specialists about image-based teleconsultation - A qualitative study on acute burns in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Image-based teleconsultation between medical experts and healthcare staff at remote emergency centres can improve the diagnosis of conditions which are challenging to assess. One such condition is burns. Knowledge is scarce regarding how medical experts perceive the influence of such teleconsultation on their roles and relations to colleagues at point of care.

Methods

In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 medical experts to explore their expectations of a newly developed App for burns diagnostics and care prior to its implementation. Purposive sampling included male and female physicians at different stages of their career, employed at different referral hospitals and all potential future tele-experts in remote teleconsultati

SUBMITTER: Blom L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5854403 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature