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[PMID]: | 27565048 |
[Au] Autor: | Okoroh EM; Kroelinger CD; Smith AM; Goodman DA; Barfield WD |
[Ad] Endereço: | Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: eokoroh@cdc.gov. |
[Ti] Título: | US and territory telemedicine policies: identifying gaps in perinatal care. |
[So] Source: | Am J Obstet Gynecol;215(6):772.e1-772.e6, 2016 Dec. | [Is] ISSN: | 1097-6868 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | United States |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | BACKGROUND: Perinatal regionalization is a system of maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate health care delivery in which resources are ideally allocated for mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum, in order to deliver appropriate care. Typically, perinatal risk-appropriate care is provided in-person, but with the advancement of technologies, the opportunity to provide care remotely has emerged. Telemedicine provides distance-based care to patients by consultation, diagnosis, and treatment in rural or remote US jurisdictions (states and territories). OBJECTIVE: We sought to summarize the telemedicine policies of states and territories and assess if maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate care is specified. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a 2014 systematic World Wide Web-based review of publicly available rules, statutes, regulations, laws, planning documents, and program descriptions among US jurisdictions (N = 59) on telemedicine care. Policies including language on the topics of consultation, diagnosis, or treatment, and those specific to maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate care were categorized for analysis. RESULTS: Overall, 36 jurisdictions (32 states; 3 territories; and District of Columbia) (61%) had telemedicine policies with language referencing consultation, diagnosis, or treatment; 29 (49%) referenced consultation, 30 (51%) referenced diagnosis, and 35 (59%) referenced treatment. In all, 26 jurisdictions (22 states; 3 territories; and District of Columbia) (44%), referenced all topics. Only 3 jurisdictions (3 states; 0 territories) (5%), had policy language specifically addressing perinatal care. CONCLUSION: The majority of states have published telemedicine policies, but few specify policy language for perinatal risk-appropriate care. By ensuring that language specific to the perinatal population is included in telemedicine policies, access to maternal and neonatal care can be increased in rural, remote, and resource-challenged jurisdictions. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Política de Saúde Terapia Intensiva Neonatal/legislação & jurisprudência Obstetrícia/legislação & jurisprudência Assistência Perinatal/legislação & jurisprudência Telemedicina/legislação & jurisprudência
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Samoa Americana Serviços Centralizados no Hospital Gerenciamento Clínico Feminino Seres Humanos Recém-Nascido Micronésia Gravidez Porto Rico Encaminhamento e Consulta Medição de Risco Estados Unidos Ilhas Virgens Americanas
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1705 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 170531 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 170531 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | AIM; IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 160828 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
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