• J Telemed Telecare · Jan 2007

    Multicenter Study

    A cohort study of acute plastic surgery trauma and burn referrals using telemedicine.

    • David L Wallace, Roger W Smith, and Mark A Pickford.
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK. davidandvix@aol.com
    • J Telemed Telecare. 2007 Jan 1; 13 (6): 282-7.

    AbstractA store-and-forward telemedicine system was used to supplement normal telephone referrals to the plastic surgery unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH). During a 12-week prospective study, 11 units (8 hospitals and 3 minor injury units) with the telemedicine system and 10 units (8 hospitals and 2 minor injury units) without it regularly made referrals (at least 10) to the QVH. There were 389 referrals from the telemedicine-equipped units and 607 telephone referrals from the non-telemedicine units. The telemedicine system was used for 246 of the 389 referrals (63%) made from telemedicine-equipped units. There was a significant difference in the management of patients when the telemedicine system was available, with more patients booked directly into day surgery and fewer attending for assessment. The burns unit and the day surgery unit demonstrated a significantly improved accuracy of triage. Telemedicine could have a valuable role to play in the triage and planning of acute plastic surgery referrals.

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