Telehealth: Increasing Access to High Quality Care by Expanding the Role of Technology in Correctional Medicine

The United States (US) has a large correctional population. However, many incarcerated persons lack access to evidence-based, up-to-date medical care, particularly by subspecialty providers, due to limitations of geography, travel, cost and other resources. The use of telehealth technologies can rem...

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Autores principales: Young, Jeremy D., Badowski, Melissa E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28208807
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm6020020
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description The United States (US) has a large correctional population. However, many incarcerated persons lack access to evidence-based, up-to-date medical care, particularly by subspecialty providers, due to limitations of geography, travel, cost and other resources. The use of telehealth technologies can remove these barriers, increasing access to high quality, multidisciplinary care. Studies have shown that, with telemedicine, timely triage and medical management can be provided across many disciplines, which may lead to improved clinical outcomes and significant cost savings.
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spelling pubmed-53329242017-03-13 Telehealth: Increasing Access to High Quality Care by Expanding the Role of Technology in Correctional Medicine Young, Jeremy D. Badowski, Melissa E. J Clin Med Review The United States (US) has a large correctional population. However, many incarcerated persons lack access to evidence-based, up-to-date medical care, particularly by subspecialty providers, due to limitations of geography, travel, cost and other resources. The use of telehealth technologies can remove these barriers, increasing access to high quality, multidisciplinary care. Studies have shown that, with telemedicine, timely triage and medical management can be provided across many disciplines, which may lead to improved clinical outcomes and significant cost savings. MDPI 2017-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5332924/ /pubmed/28208807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm6020020 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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