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Teleneurology via Tablet Technology: An Effective Low-Cost Method to Increase Healthcare Accessibility

Description
Presents a study on the use of low-cost tablets in place of more expensive "telemedicine robots" as a means of providing teleneurology services to small rural hospitals. Evaluates a hub-and-spoke teleneurology program based at Vanderbilt University Medical Center serving smaller, community-based hospitals in Kentucky and Tennessee. Draws data from physician and patient surveys.
Author(s)
Kelly Harper, Claire Hanson, Bryan Eoff, et al.
Citation
Rural and Remote Health, 23(1), 7591
Date
03/2023
Type
Document
Tagged as
Population health · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Kentucky · Tennessee