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Telemedicine is said to be helpful to both patients and providers, but we need real-world examples to demonstrate its effectiveness. This paper presents such an example. Royal Brompton, under the Tele-remedy Program of EC Telecom, conducted a project with the Children’s Hospital of Athens, Greece, to provide remote diagnosis management and continuing education for heart disease, using European ISDN technology. Preliminary results showed that, when carried out in a large scale multi-site environment, Teleremedy program significantly reduced geographic and socio-economic isolation for the patient and the professional isolation for the physician. Comparison of original vs. transmitted data revealed no significant differences, with diagnosis accuracy of 100%.
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