Evaluating the utility of telehealth in emergency medicine.
Muhuntha Sri-GaneshanPeter A CameronGerard Michael O'ReillyBiswadev MitraDe Villiers SmitPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2022)
There has been great interest regarding tele-emergency care (TEC) and its utility following the COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen a roll out of multiple TEC services across Australia, operating in isolation, without coordination and under differing models of care, creating the potential for an uncoordinated, inefficient healthcare system. We outline a potential framework under which TEC services might function as part of the current system, defining potential strategies that may be used to appropriately coordinate the acute care of select patients outside of the ED as well as improve the efficiency of the physical ED itself.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- emergency department
- acute care
- emergency medicine
- primary care
- mental health
- affordable care act
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- physical activity
- public health
- human health
- prognostic factors
- pain management
- risk assessment
- chronic pain
- patient reported outcomes