Telehealth for paediatric burn patients in rural areas: a retrospective audit of activity and cost savings

Highlights • Telehealth services provide consultancy for both acute and rehabilitative burn patients. • Telehealth can avoid unnecessary transfers and reduce inpatient days for burn patients. • In 2012/13 this paediatric burns telehealth service saved AUD 1.89 million.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 2016-11, Vol.42 (7), p.1487-1493
Hauptverfasser:	McWilliams, Tania, Hendricks, Joyce, Twigg, Di, Wood, Fiona, Giles, Margaret
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Ambulatory Care - economics Ambulatory Care - methods Burns Burns - economics Burns - therapy Child Child, Preschool Clinical Audit Cost Savings Critical Care Female Hospitalization - economics Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Length of Stay - economics Male Patient Transfer - economics Pediatrics - economics Pediatrics - methods Retrospective Studies Rural Rural Population Telehealth Telemedicine Telemedicine - economics Telemedicine - methods Western Australia
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Telehealth services provide consultancy for both acute and rehabilitative burn patients. • Telehealth can avoid unnecessary transfers and reduce inpatient days for burn patients. • In 2012/13 this paediatric burns telehealth service saved AUD 1.89 million.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/j.burns.2016.03.001