A Case Study of Benefits & Potential Savings in Rural Home Telemedicine
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Home Healthcare Now
- Vol. 18 (2) , 124-135
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004045-200002000-00013
Abstract
T his case study reports results from a federally funded home telemedicine program in rural Grainger County, Tennessee. Patients, family caregivers, and providers were generally satisfied with this low-cost, user-friendly telemedicine program that used the plain-old-telephone system. Mileage and nurse drive time were reduced and nursing productivity was improved during this demonstration project.Keywords
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