Maine tries long-distance medicine
Case Management Weekly, October 19, 2005
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Maine Medical Center in Portland has started using cameras, computers, and other apparatus to check on patients in other buildings and facilities, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald.
The system has been used in other areas, and has shown an improvement in patient flow and a decrease in overall cost for care. The cameras in use can zoom in close enough to check the color of a nail bed on a patient's fingers, according to the Press Herald.
The hospital hopes that the system can help speed up diagnoses and the overall care of patients. It also provides around-the-clock monitoring of critically-ill patients.
A similar system in Virginia reduced patient length of stay by 17% and overall costs by 26%. To read the complete report, click here.
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