Advances in telemedicine in the 21st century.
Increasing demands on practitioners' time and increasing complexity of patient education and management have created a demand for creative solutions to providing for those needs. Telemedicine can answer some of those needs. Further documentation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of telemedicine and education is important but should not hinder the provision of care that is required yet unavailable by traditional means.
Malasanos
Toree H
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Florida Initiative in Telehealth & Education, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
Burlingame
Julie A
JA
Muir
Andrew
A
D003199:Computer Systems; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019114:Remote Consultation; D017216:Telemedicine; D013686:Telemetry