PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Robb, N.
TI  - Telemedicine may help change the face of medical care in Eastern Canada
DP  - 1997 Apr 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1009--1013
VI  - 156
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/7/1009.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/7/1009.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Apr 01; 156
AB  - Pilot projects in eastern Canada that use personal computers and telephone lines to link patients and rural physicians with specialists in urban centres indicate that telemedicine may be a cost-effective adjunct to clinical medicine. Dermatology, radiology, cardiology and oncology are among the areas that have been tested in Nova Scotia. Although physicians say telemedicine may have many useful applications, such as providing efficient continuing medical education for doctors in remote communities, they say it must respect traditional referral patterns.