Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Editor Choice: Telemedicine Through the Use of Digital Cell Phone Technology in Pediatric Neurosurgery: A Case Series
Pirris, Stephen M. MD; Monaco, Edward A. III MD, PhD; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C. MD, PhD
BACKGROUND: Advances in medicine have largely followed advances in technology. Medical strides have been made when physicians and researchers have adapted growing science to target specific problems. A new medical field, telemedicine, has emerged that links physicians with colleagues and patients. Cell phone technology is affordable for almost everyone, and basic models include digital photography.
OBJECTIVE: We present a case series exhibiting the utility of digital pictures taken with patients’ cell phones.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION: Our patients had wound infections requiring daily intravenous antibiotics and dressing changes. In years past, these patients would have required prolonged hospitalizations. In the era of managed care, patients with these infections are discharged from the hospital, but close outpatient observation is required to monitor the wound. Our patients lived up to 8 hours away from the hospital. Daily appointments for wound checks in the clinic were not practical. Wounds were thus monitored via cell phone images without the inconvenience of travel and the expense of staying in a local hotel, along with leaving appointments in the clinic available for others with new neurosurgical issues.
Free Article: Telemedicine Through the Use of Digital Cell Phone Technology in Pediatric Neurosurgery: A Case Series
Pirris, Stephen M. MD; Monaco, Edward A. III MD, PhD; Tyler-Kabara, Elizabeth C. MD, PhD
BACKGROUND: Advances in medicine have largely followed advances in technology. Medical strides have been made when physicians and researchers have adapted growing science to target specific problems. A new medical field, telemedicine, has emerged that links physicians with colleagues and patients. Cell phone technology is affordable for almost everyone, and basic models include digital photography.
OBJECTIVE: We present a case series exhibiting the utility of digital pictures taken with patients’ cell phones.
