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Telefit: Adapting a Multidisciplinary, Tertiary-Care Pediatric Obesity Clinic to Rural Populations

Description
An overview of a tertiary-care hospital, with a pediatric obesity clinic, implementing telemedicine technology in four rural satellite clinics to reach rural children and to assess the impact on patients enrolling and remaining in pediatric obesity treatment.
Author(s)
Megan B. Irby, Katherine A. Boles, Christine Jordan, et al.
Citation
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 18(3), 247-249
Date
04/2012
Type
Document
Tagged as
Children and youth · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Telehealth · North Carolina