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Telemedicine

Dartmouth College

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2020

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Barriers And Facilitators In Implementing A Pilot, Pragmatic, Telemedicine-Delivered Healthy Lifestyle Program For Obesity Management In A Rural, Academic Obesity Clinic, John A. Batsis, Auden C. Mcclure, Aaron B. Weintraub, Diane Sette, Sivan Rotenberg, Courtney J. Stevens, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, David Kotz, Stephen Bartels, Summer B. Cook, Richard I. Rothstein Sep 2020

Barriers And Facilitators In Implementing A Pilot, Pragmatic, Telemedicine-Delivered Healthy Lifestyle Program For Obesity Management In A Rural, Academic Obesity Clinic, John A. Batsis, Auden C. Mcclure, Aaron B. Weintraub, Diane Sette, Sivan Rotenberg, Courtney J. Stevens, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, David Kotz, Stephen Bartels, Summer B. Cook, Richard I. Rothstein

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Few evidence-based strategies are specifically tailored for disparity populations such as rural adults. Two-way video-conferencing using telemedicine can potentially surmount geographic barriers that impede participation in high-intensity treatment programs offering frequent visits to clinic facilities. We aimed to understand barriers and facilitators of implementing a telemedicine-delivered tertiary-care, rural academic weight-loss program for the management of obesity.