The Current State of Telemedicine in Urology

Adam Miller; Eugene Rhee; Matthew Gettman; Aaron Spitz

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2017.10.014

The Current State of Telemedicine in Urology

Med Clin North Am. 2018 Mar;102(2):387-398. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.10.014. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

Authors

Adam Miller¹, Eugene Rhee², Matthew Gettman¹, Aaron Spitz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
² Department of Urology, Kaiser Permanente San Diego, Administration, 2nd Floor Finance, 4511 Orcutt Avenue, San Diego, CA 92120, USA.
³ Department of Urology, University of California-Irvine, Orange County Urology Associates, 25200 La Paz Road Suite 200, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, USA. Electronic address: aaronspitz100@gmail.com.

PMID: 29406066
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2017.10.014

Abstract

Telemedicine use in urology is an evolving practice. In this article, the authors review the early experience of telemedicine specifically as it relates to urologic practice and discuss the future implications and the utility of telemedicine as it applies to other fields.

Keywords: Tele-imaging; Tele-mentoring; Tele-rounding; Tele-surgery; Telehealth; Telemedicine; Urology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Medicaid
Medicare
Telemedicine* / economics
Telemedicine* / trends
United States
Urology / economics
Urology / methods*
Urology / trends