Telehealth in paediatric orthopaedic surgery in Queensland: a 10-year review.
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2014-12-02
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Telemedicine is a patient consultation method commonly available to patients in rural and remote areas throughout Australia Its use in paediatric orthopaedics has been rarely described The primary aim of this study was to identify the patient cohort accessing the orthopaedic paediatric telehealth service through the Royal Children s Hospital Queensland so as to better allocate this resource The secondary aims were to identify the orthopaedic conditions the patients utilizing this service suffered and to follow up on treatment outcomes to potentially assess clinical benefit