Wootton R, Loane M, Mair F, Allen A, Doolittle G, Begley M, McLernan A, Moutray M, Harrisson S
Institute of Telemedicine and Telecare, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
J Telemed Telecare. 1998;4 Suppl 1:83-5. doi: 10.1258/1357633981931588.
Nursing notes for patients nursed at home in the USA and the UK were reviewed using an abstraction instrument developed and tested in the US. More than 1700 episodes of patient care at home were reviewed: 906 in the US and 839 in the UK. Preliminary data suggest that in the US approximately 45% of home nursing visits could be done via telemedicine, while the figure is lower in the UK, less than 15%. Pilot trials of an analogue video-telephone in Kansas City and Belfast suggest that even relatively low-quality compressed video may be useful for home nursing. Clearly, there are differences between the two countries which merit further study, but there is evidence to suggest that telemedicine may have a role in the delivery of home health care.
使用在美国开发并测试的一种提取工具，对在美国和英国居家护理患者的护理记录进行了审查。审查了超过1700例居家患者护理事件：美国906例，英国839例。初步数据表明，在美国，约45%的居家护理访视可以通过远程医疗完成，而在英国这一比例较低，不到15%。堪萨斯城和贝尔法斯特对模拟视频电话进行的试点试验表明，即使是质量相对较低的压缩视频也可能对居家护理有用。显然，两国之间存在差异，值得进一步研究，但有证据表明远程医疗可能在提供居家医疗保健方面发挥作用。
