Setting up a store-and-forward telemedicine service for acute trauma in a hospital trust.
Telemedicine is a valuable, but as yet underused, resource for the delivery of health-care to patients. This paper describes the development of a new store-and-forward telemedicine service at the Queen Victoria Hospital, which is a tertiary referral centre for plastic surgery in the United Kingdom. The practical requirements of such a system, and the technical and legal difficulties experienced during the initial stages, are also discussed.
Jones
S M
SM
Plastic Surgery Department, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3DZ, UK. sophie.jones@nhs.net
Balk
E J
EJ
Hill
T J
TJ
Reynolds
S
S
D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*