Telemedicine expands reach of care for Parkinson's patients
03.07.09 | Posted by: WSDAN
A webcam-based telemedicine project is providing distant nursing home patients with Parkinson’s disease access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). An initial pilot project followed 14 patients for six months and then evaluated the outcomes of those who received telemedicine care with those who did not. The study found that telemedicine patients had significant improvements in quality of life and motor function. In addition, those receiving telemedicine had trends toward higher satisfaction with their care.