Norris Thomas E, Hart Garu L, Larson Eric H, Tarczy-Hornoch Pete, Masuda David L, Fuller Sherrilynne S, House Peter J, Dyck Sarah M
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195-6340, USA.
J Am Board Fam Pract. 2002 Mar-Apr;15(2):123-7.
Telemedicine, based on the use of interactive video consultations, is being used more commonly in rural settings. This development is potentially important to rural patients because there are fewer physicians, particularly specialist physicians, in rural areas. Declining costs of telemedicine equipment and transmission have created increased access to these technologies for rural family physicians and their patients.
This study considers satisfaction levels of rural family physicians, academic-based specialists, and rural patients in 130 consultations between rural physicians, rural patients, and urban academic specialists. To increase the practicability for rural use, low-cost equipment and low-bandwidth digital telephone transmission lines were utilized. Data were collected using questionnaires that were completed by patients, family physicians, and specialist consultants after each consultation.
All categories of participants noted very high levels of satisfaction.
Telemedicine-based consultations are well accepted by rural patients, rural family physicians, and urban academic specialist consultants. This approach could offer a useful adjunct to rural health care.
基于交互式视频会诊的远程医疗在农村地区的应用越来越普遍。这一发展对农村患者可能具有重要意义，因为农村地区的医生较少，尤其是专科医生。远程医疗设备和传输成本的下降使农村家庭医生及其患者更容易获得这些技术。
本研究考察了农村医生、农村患者和城市学术专家之间130次会诊中农村家庭医生、学术专科医生和农村患者的满意度水平。为提高农村地区使用的实用性，采用了低成本设备和低带宽数字电话传输线路。每次会诊后，通过患者、家庭医生和专科顾问填写的问卷收集数据。
所有类别的参与者都表示满意度很高。
基于远程医疗的会诊受到农村患者、农村家庭医生和城市学术专科顾问的广泛接受。这种方法可为农村医疗保健提供有益的辅助。
