title: How to achieve the full potential of telemedicine. Hospitals can enhance mobility to promote quality and cost-effective care by utilizing the proper telehealth solution.
abstract: From a system design approach, a mobile telehealth workstation should have the right battery chemistry, efficient teleconference equipment, wireless connectivity, proper size monitor and small form factor. Above all, the workstation should be intuitive to use and reliable. Only then will clinicians be able to devote their full attention to the most important task at hand: taking care of the patient. Through a system design approach, healthcare organizations can achieve the full potential of telemedicine by improving patient outcomes while containing costs and increasing overall clinician efficiency.
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abu-Akel
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006761:Hospitals; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration