Real-Time Trumps Store-and-Forward Telemedicine for Patients Avoiding Travel, Study Finds

A study published in BMC Health Services Research found that 25 percent more patients avoided travel using real-time vs. store-and-forward telemedicine.

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Forty-three percent of patients from 12 store-and-forward studies avoided travel, whereas 70 percent of patients in seven real-time studies and a single study with a hybrid technique avoided travel.

Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review about telemedicine.

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