Telemedicine options appraisal for a health district--a strategic clinical and business case.
A clinical and business plan examined five areas in which telemedicine could be introduced to support the strategic objectives of a large health authority: coronary heart disease; links between community hospitals and local care centres and acute hospitals; store-and-forward consultations; care in the community; and mental health. The plan identified substantial clinical, organizational and economic potential benefits, which were greatest when a radical re-engineering of the service was envisaged. Similar studies in other health districts would help to test these conclusions and inform future health service planning.
Jardine
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The Telemedicine Alliance, UK. Jard@telemedicinealliance.co.uk
Griffiths
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Kelly
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Navein
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D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D017046:Cost Savings; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom