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The initiation of a preoperative and postoperative telemedicine urology clinic
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The initiation of a preoperative and postoperative telemedicine urology clinic

Eugene S Park, Ben H Boedeker, Jennifer L Hemstreet and George P Hemstreet
Studies in health technology and informatics, Vol.163, pp.425-427
2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-425
PMID: 21335833

Abstract

Humans Nebraska Patient Education as Topic - statistics & numerical data Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data Postoperative Care - methods Preoperative Care - methods Remote Consultation - methods Urologic Diseases - diagnosis Urologic Diseases - surgery Urology - statistics & numerical data User-Computer Interface
This work describes the establishment of a Telemedicine Urology Clinic at the VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska to serve an underserved veteran population in rural Nebraska. Results from patient satisfaction surveys show that both the patient and the healthcare provider benefit from the telemedicine encounter for both the preoperative and the postoperative setting.

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