RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The use of telemedicine to enhance secondary care: some lessons from the front line
JF Future Hospital Journal
JO Future Hosp J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 109
OP 114
DO 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-109
VO 4
IS 2
A1 Olwen E Williams
A1 Salah Elghenzai
A1 Chris Subbe
A1 Jeremy C Wyatt
A1 John Williams
YR 2017
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/4/2/109.abstract
AB Digital technologies such as telemedicine have the potential to transform healthcare, but uptake has only recently gained momentum secondary to national policy drivers. This paper reviews the potential benefits of telemedicine in secondary care and explores the use of video conferencing to support the hospital follow-up of older people with chronic disease, identifying a wide variety of issues that need to be addressed for successful implementation. We believe these issues will interest secondary care colleagues considering the use of telemedicine to support or substitute for some outpatient activities.