pharmaphorum July 9, 2019
Telemedicine saved money and costs to a health system in the US by making it more efficient, according to a new study that adds to the growing body of evidence backing the technology.
Findings of the study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine showed that net savings ranged from between $19 and $121 per visit compared with care received in other available settings.
Researchers at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University analysed data from 650 telemedicine visits and results of two post-visit surveys.
Data was collected at the university’s affiliated health system, Jefferson Health, where an on-demand 24-hour telemedicine system backed by doctors was installed in September 2015.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine reported...
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