Virtual Doctor makes Day Care Calls
Thursday, May 5th, 2005 at 6:13 pm
Cool, looks like a win-win situation for everybody. Mother doesn't miss work, kid is treated appropriately, and the Emergency Department has one less "sub-acute" patient.
ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — Marilyn Gonzalez worried that her 2-year-old was coming down with an ear infection. Rather than miss work for a doctor visit, the 25-year-old single mother of two dropped her daughter off as usual at the day care and went to work.
Little Jaeda was examined soon afterward by a University of Rochester pediatrician and given antibiotics. Using telemedicine tools wielded by a day care staffer, the diagnosis was done through the Internet.
Though there were some technical problems, sickness-related child absences dropped on average by 63 percent at the pilot centers. They serve about 950 children of mostly low-income families with little or no health insurance, according to a study published this week in the journal Pediatrics.
In addition, it said, 92 percent of parents said the hassle-free option allowed them to stay at work when they otherwise would have taken their children to a family doctor or an emergency room.
Source: CNN.com
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Just getting back to the internet. Good luck on the rest! It should be 4:30 am your time and maybe the wishes will still help.
Huh? I think this is on the wrong post…