Telemedicine as a tool to provide family conferences and palliative care consultations in critically ill patients at rural health care institutions: a pilot study.

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Many critically ill patients who transfer from rural hospitals to tertiary care centers (TCCs) have poor prognoses, and family members are unable to discuss patient prognosis and goals of care with TCC providers until after transfer.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Hosp Palliat Care

Title: The American journal of hospice & palliative care

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN (Electronic): 1938-2715

ISSN (Print): 1049-9091

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2015

Volume: 32

Issue: 4

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[1 ] University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Division, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA prema.menon@vtmednet.org.

[2 ] University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Division, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

[3 ] University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

[4 ] University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: 1049909114537110

DOI: 10.1177/1049909114537110

PubMed ID: 24871344

SO-VID: eda2ba56-50e1-4f78-a7d1-6c3a52e8fdf6

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Keywords: telemedicine and communication,communication in the ICU,palliative care,rural health care,telemedicine

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Keywords: telemedicine and communication, communication in the ICU, palliative care, rural health care, telemedicine

Telemedicine as a tool to provide family conferences and palliative care consultations in critically ill patients at rural health care institutions: a pilot study.

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