ED Manag. 2013 Aug;25(8):93-5.
In a study dubbed Emergency Department Telemedicine Initiative to Rapidly Accommodate in Times of Emergency (EDTITRATE), investigators at the University of California San Diego Health System are gauging whether remote physicians can be quickly and cost-effectively mobilized to evaluate patients when the ED is busy. While there have been administrative hurdles involved with implementing the approach, investigators say the strategy could offer big savings in terms of time and efficiency. Onsite nurses facilitate telemedicine encounters, utilizing technology that enables remote physicians to evaluate patients. While both patients and providers give the telemedicine encounters high marks, managing the workflow is challenging. Investigators say the approach could produce significant gains in efficiency, including the possibility that a single on-call physician could remotely treat patients from multiple ED sites.
在一项名为“急诊科远程医疗紧急快速适应计划”（EDTITRATE）的研究中，加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校医疗系统的研究人员正在评估，在急诊科繁忙时，远程医生能否被快速且经济高效地调动起来对患者进行评估。虽然实施该方法存在行政障碍，但研究人员表示，该策略在时间和效率方面可以节省大量成本。现场护士利用使远程医生能够评估患者的技术来推动远程医疗会诊。虽然患者和医疗服务提供者都对远程医疗会诊给予了高度评价，但管理工作流程具有挑战性。研究人员表示，该方法可以显著提高效率，包括一名值班医生可以远程治疗多个急诊科的患者的可能性。
