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Main uses of telemedicine in emergency departments in the United States 2016

Principle applications for telemedicine in emergency departments in the U.S. as of 2016
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The data displays the principle applications for telemedicine in U.S. emergency departments, according to a survey conducted among hospital and health system representatives during February 2016. It was found that 79% of organizations have deployed telemedicine or plan to within three years use telemedicine, or will use telemedicine, principally for specialty neuro/stroke consults.

Specialty neuro/stroke consults 79
Behavioral health consults 40
Remote diagnosis via diagnostics interface 17
Patient monitoring in lieu of bedside observers 14
Specialty surgery consults 10
Pediatric consults 6
Burn consults 4
Don't know 1