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10793966

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
We have investigated prospectively the diagnostic accuracy, specialist satisfaction and patient-specialist rapport of a low-cost audio-visual link between a junior doctor with a patient and a consultant rheumatologist. Using a telephone link and subsequently a video-phone link, 20 patients, with various rheumatological problems, were presented by a junior doctor to the consultant rheumatologist for provisional diagnosis. All patients were then seen face to face by the consultant, when a final diagnosis was made. An independent consultant rheumatologist made a 'gold standard' diagnosis. Thirty-five per cent of diagnoses were made correctly over the telephone and 40% over the video-phone--there was no significant difference in the diagnostic accuracy between these two methods of communication. Rapport over the video-phone was universally poor. Where it was important, clinical signs could not be visualized over the video-phone and in more than 85% of cases small joint swellings could not be seen clearly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1357-633X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S35-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Could a low-cost audio-visual link be useful in rheumatology?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article