Telehealth as An Alternative To In-Person Visits For Pediatric Weight Management: Evaluating Anthropometric And Laboratory Results

Autor:	Timothy Lukenbill, James S. Roberts, Annie N. Simpson, Marshall Chew, Christine B San Giovanni, Janet Carter
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Specialty Quality care Telehealth Anthropometry medicine.disease Laboratory results Obesity Family medicine Weight management Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Rural area business
Zdroj:	Pediatrics. 147:984-984
ISSN:	1098-4275 0031-4005
DOI:	10.1542/peds.147.3ma10.984a
Popis:	Background/Purpose: Telehealth has the ability to expand quality care to patients unable to access specialty health services, such as expertise on weight management. This is especially critical in rural settings where the prevalence of pediatric obesity is generally higher than in urban areas. The objective of this study was to compare quantitative results from patients visiting a weight management clinic to those participating in similar care remotely via a more recently established telehealth alternative, predominately in rural areas where access to these services would not previously have existed. …
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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