M C Rendina1. 1. Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study addresses the effect of the installation and use of a telecardiology system on the intensive care length of stay of very low birthweight (VLBW) newborn infants. DESIGN: A retrospective comparison of 314 VLBW infants admitted to one of two neonatal intensive care units for a three year period from calendar years 1994 through 1996. A regression model was constructed to predict the intensive care length of stay while controlling for known risk factors. RESULTS: Telemedicine's effect is to reduce the intensive care length of stay and it both statistically significant (p < 0.05) and practically significant, reducing the intensive care length of stay by over 17%. The reduction in length of stay is greater at lower birthweights. CONCLUSIONS: Under the circumstances present in this study, telemedicine has been an effective intervention to reduce the intensive care length of stay.
OBJECTIVE: This study addresses the effect of the installation and use of a telecardiology system on the intensive care length of stay of very low birthweight (VLBW) newborn infants. DESIGN: A retrospective comparison of 314 VLBW infants admitted to one of two neonatal intensive care units for a three year period from calendar years 1994 through 1996. A regression model was constructed to predict the intensive care length of stay while controlling for known risk factors. RESULTS: Telemedicine's effect is to reduce the intensive care length of stay and it both statistically significant (p < 0.05) and practically significant, reducing the intensive care length of stay by over 17%. The reduction in length of stay is greater at lower birthweights. CONCLUSIONS: Under the circumstances present in this study, telemedicine has been an effective intervention to reduce the intensive care length of stay.
Authors: Seung Park; Anil V Parwani; Raymond D Aller; Lech Banach; Michael J Becich; Stephan Borkenfeld; Alexis B Carter; Bruce A Friedman; Marcial Garcia Rojo; Andrew Georgiou; Gian Kayser; Klaus Kayser; Michael Legg; Christopher Naugler; Takashi Sawai; Hal Weiner; Dennis Winsten; Liron Pantanowitz Journal: J Pathol Inform Date: 2013-05-30
Authors: W R Hersh; M Helfand; J Wallace; D Kraemer; P Patterson; S Shapiro; M Greenlick Journal: BMC Med Inform Decis Mak Date: 2001-11-26 Impact factor: 2.796