Interactive television for an urban adult mental health service: the Guy's Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit Telepsychiatry Project.
We carried out a feasibility study of an interactive television (IATV) system to enhance the provision of psychiatric intensive care services to a remote adult acute psychiatric ward in the same National Health Service mental health trust. The system used videoconferencing equipment connected by ISDN at 128 kbit/s. The system was used for patient referral, assessment and monitoring by staff at the remote site 8 km away.
Haslam
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South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK.
McLaren
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D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D013690:Television