The University of California Davis Children’s Hospital study considered 320 critical pediatric patients admitted to telemedicine-equipped rural northern California emergency departments between 2003 and 2007.
Patients whose physicians engaged in a telemedicine consultation with pediatric specialists had better care quality, more accurate diagnoses and higher satisfaction levels, the study found.
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