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dc.contributor.author | Dowie, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mistry, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rigby, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Young, TA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Weatherburn, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rowlinson, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Franklin, RC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-29T16:20:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-11-29T16:20:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009 94(4): 273-277, Apr 2009 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-2044 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4606 | - |
dc.description | The attached article is a Publisher version of the final published version which may be accessed at the link below. Copyright © 2010 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. All rights reserved | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES: To compare caseloads of new patients assessed by paediatric cardiologists face-to-face or during teleconferences, and assess NHS costs for the alternative referral arrangements. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study over 15 months. SETTING: Four district hospitals in south-east England and a London paediatric cardiology centre. PATIENTS: Babies and children. INTERVENTION: A telecardiology service introduced alongside outreach clinics. MEASUREMENTS: Clinical outcomes and mean NHS costs per patient. RESULTS: 266 new patients were studied: 75 had teleconsultations (19 of 42 newborns and 56 of 224 infants and children). Teleconsultation patients generally were younger (49% being under 1 year compared with 32% seen personally (p = 0.025)) and their symptoms were not as severe. A cardiac intervention was undertaken immediately or planned for five telemedicine patients (7%) and 30 conventional patients (16%). However, similar proportions of patients were discharged after being assessed (32% telemedicine and 39% conventional). During scheduled teleconferences the mean duration of time per patient in sessions involving real-time echocardiography was 14.4 min, and 8.5 min in sessions where pre-recorded videos were transmitted. Mean cost comparisons for telemedicine and face-to-face patients over 14-day and 6-month follow-up showed the telecardiology service to be cost-neutral for the three hospitals with infrequently-held outreach clinics (1519 UK pounds vs 1724 UK pounds respectively after 14 days). CONCLUSION: Paediatric cardiology centres with small cadres of specialists are under pressure to cope with ever-expanding caseloads of new patients with suspected anomalies. Innovative use of telecardiology alongside conventional outreach services should suitably, and economically, enhance access to these specialists. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Department of Health and the Charitable Funds Committee of the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust funded the project. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | British Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Health Economics Research Group | - |
dc.title | A paediatric telecardiology service for district hospitals in south-east England: an observational study. | en_US |
dc.type | Research Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.138495 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Health Economics Research Group (HERG) |
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