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Geomapping Telehealth Access To Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Neelkamal S. Soares, Andrew O. Johnson, Nitish Patidar
Geomapping Telehealth Access To Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Neelkamal S. Soares, Andrew O. Johnson, Nitish Patidar
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Background: Geographic information systems (GIS) mapping is fairly novel in describing utilization of health services. Our study is the first to use GIS to demonstrate that telehealth pediatric specialty service access would create substantial savings in travel time and distance compared with accessing a tertiary-care center for similar service.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review of telehealth encounters and geocoding of patients' address were done with actual travel along road calculations to estimate travel time and distance for a visit, compared with a hypothetical visit to the nearest tertiary-care site for the similar service.
Results: Over a 2-year period, …