The initiation of a preoperative and postoperative telemedicine urology clinic

Eugene S. Park, Ben H. Boedeker, Jennifer L. Hemstreet, George P. Hemstreet

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedicine Meets Virtual Reality 18
Subtitle of host publicationNextMed, MMVR18
PublisherIOS Press
Pages425-427
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9781607507055
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume163
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Keywords

  • Preoperative
  • VTC
  • postoperative
  • telehealth
  • telemedicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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