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Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application
The health care of patients in rural or isolated areas is challenged by the scarcity of local resources, limited patient access to doctors and hospitals, and the lack of specialized professionals. This has led to a new concept in telemedicine: teleultrasonography (or teleultrasound), which permits u...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/306259 |
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author | Ferreira, Adilson Cunha O'Mahony, Edward Oliani, Antonio Hélio Araujo Júnior, Edward da Silva Costa, Fabricio |
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description | The health care of patients in rural or isolated areas is challenged by the scarcity of local resources, limited patient access to doctors and hospitals, and the lack of specialized professionals. This has led to a new concept in telemedicine: teleultrasonography (or teleultrasound), which permits ultrasonographic diagnoses to be performed remotely. Telemedicine and teleultrasonography are effective in providing diagnostic imaging services to these populations and reduce health care costs by decreasing the number and duration of hospitalizations and reducing unnecessary surgical procedures. This is a narrative review to present the potential clinical applications of teleultrasonography in clinical practice. The results indicate that although barriers persist for implementing teleultrasonography in a more universal and routine way, advances in telecommunications, Internet bandwidth, and the high resolution currently available for portable ultrasonography suggest teleultrasonography applications will continue to expand. Teleultrasound appears to be a valuable addition to remote medical care for isolated populations with limited access to tertiary healthcare facilities and also a useful tool for education and training. |
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spelling | pubmed-43553412015-03-25 Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application Ferreira, Adilson Cunha O'Mahony, Edward Oliani, Antonio Hélio Araujo Júnior, Edward da Silva Costa, Fabricio Int J Telemed Appl Review Article The health care of patients in rural or isolated areas is challenged by the scarcity of local resources, limited patient access to doctors and hospitals, and the lack of specialized professionals. This has led to a new concept in telemedicine: teleultrasonography (or teleultrasound), which permits ultrasonographic diagnoses to be performed remotely. Telemedicine and teleultrasonography are effective in providing diagnostic imaging services to these populations and reduce health care costs by decreasing the number and duration of hospitalizations and reducing unnecessary surgical procedures. This is a narrative review to present the potential clinical applications of teleultrasonography in clinical practice. The results indicate that although barriers persist for implementing teleultrasonography in a more universal and routine way, advances in telecommunications, Internet bandwidth, and the high resolution currently available for portable ultrasonography suggest teleultrasonography applications will continue to expand. Teleultrasound appears to be a valuable addition to remote medical care for isolated populations with limited access to tertiary healthcare facilities and also a useful tool for education and training. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4355341/ /pubmed/25810717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/306259 Text en Copyright © 2015 Adilson Cunha Ferreira et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Ferreira, Adilson Cunha O'Mahony, Edward Oliani, Antonio Hélio Araujo Júnior, Edward da Silva Costa, Fabricio Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title | Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title_full | Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title_fullStr | Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title_full_unstemmed | Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title_short | Teleultrasound: Historical Perspective and Clinical Application |
title_sort | teleultrasound: historical perspective and clinical application |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25810717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/306259 |
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