Utilization of telehealth in paediatric genome-wide sequencing: Health services implementation issues in the CAUSES Study.
Alison M ElliottNick DragojlovicTeresa CampbellShelin AdamChristèle du SouichMichele FryerAnna LehmanClara van KarnebeekLarry D LyndJan M FriedmanPublished in: Journal of telemedicine and telecare (2021)
Telehealth allowed for access to genome-wide sequencing for families in remote communities and for them to avoid significant travel and time costs; however, there was a significant delay to accrual of the complete trio samples in the telehealth group, impacting on time of result reporting and delaying diagnoses for families for whom genome-wide sequencing was diagnostic.