Greenwald Peter, Stern Michael Ethan, Clark Sunday, Sharma Rahul
Department of Emergency Medicine, NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68 St. M-126, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Department of Emergency Medicine, NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68 St. M-112, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Int J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan 3;11(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12245-017-0162-7.
When we established an emergency department-based telemedicine program, we assumed that many older patients would be skeptical of the new technology and choose not to participate. Our assumption was incorrect. Of the 1052 patients we evaluated in the first several months, 355 (33%) were 60, 2 were 99. Satisfaction and quality assessment scores among older patients were similar to those for younger patients. Many of these older patients demonstrated flexibility and interest in the novel use of technology. Our emergency department-based telemedicine program resulted in safe and satisfactory care and was readily accepted by our older patients.
当我们建立一个基于急诊科的远程医疗项目时,我们曾认为许多老年患者会对这项新技术持怀疑态度并选择不参与。我们的假设是错误的。在最初几个月我们评估的1052名患者中,355名(33%)年龄在60岁及以上,2名患者年龄为99岁。老年患者的满意度和质量评估得分与年轻患者相似。这些老年患者中的许多人表现出了对新技术新颖应用的灵活性和兴趣。我们基于急诊科的远程医疗项目带来了安全且令人满意的护理,并且很容易被老年患者接受。