School-Based Telemedicine Services
Telehealth has been used to provide high-quality school-based healthcare for the past 20 years. For students and student athletes requiring orthopedic care, leaving school for appointments is expected. For a chronic condition or congenital issue, these vi
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Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Alfred Atanda Jr. John F. Lovejoy III Editors
Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Development and Implementation in Practice
Editors Alfred Atanda Jr. Department of Orthopedic Surgery Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Wilmington, DE USA
John F. Lovejoy III Department of Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Nemours Children’s Hospital Orlando, FL USA
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Preface
Today, electronic communication is embedded in the daily life of the majority of people throughout the world. Whether it is the text message to your family and friends, the multiple social media platforms that allow us to have a larger circle of influence, or the ability to schedule services and purchase goods, electronic communication is how the majority of people manage their lives. In the realm of medicine, the extension of this electronic provision of services has developed into what we know as telemedicine. As editors of this book, we have reflected on how we discovered telemedicine, and like many things in our careers, it was through a personal experience with a patient, that N of 1, that changed the course of our lives. To highlight this point is the story of Dr. Atanda and his patient Tom: In the summer of 2015, I had a patient, “Tom,” who needed an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. He and his family lived near a popular beach destination about 100 miles fro
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