Here are five things to know about Mayo’s telemedicine center.
1. The hub, stationed in Mayo’s Rochester headquarters, is a remote surveillance effort and features a number of interactive video conferencing links that connect ICU specialists virtually to eight other ICUs in hospitals across the U.S.
2. It is staffed 24 hours a day, and experts can access all information stored on-site at each remote hospital.
3. Some of these hospitals have seen mortality rates 73 percent lower than expected.
4. According to VC Daily, because there is a second physician observing from afar, they are able to offer up a different view of what’s happening and focus on informing better treatments.
5. Mayo’s other telemedicine services include a concussion monitoring and long-term treatment program, remote specialist consultations, a telestroke program and telepresence robots that virtually visit other hospitals or even patient homes.
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