Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Trauma Care Among Injured Rural Patients in the US

Zain G Hashmi; Eric L Wallace; Jeffrey D Kerby

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2763

Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Trauma Care Among Injured Rural Patients in the US

JAMA Surg. 2023 Nov 1;158(11):1123-1124. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2763.

Authors

Zain G Hashmi¹, Eric L Wallace^{2

3}, Jeffrey D Kerby¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
³ UAB eMedicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

PMID: 37672235
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2763

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the use of telehealth as an alternative approach to expand access to critical resources for injured US patients arriving at rural hospitals.

MeSH terms

Emergency Medical Services*
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Rural Population
Telemedicine*