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The Impact Of Telemedicine On Teamwork And Communication, Workload, And Clinical Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Lucas Christopher Butler

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Telemedicine can be used to provide specialty care to critically ill patients in rural and community hospital settings. However, the effects of this technology on quality of care are unclear. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the impact of a telepresent team leader on teamwork and communication, workload, and quality of care during a simulated pediatric resuscitation, and to explore provider perspectives on the use of telemedicine during resuscitations.

Twenty standardized teams (lead MD + bedside MD + two confederate clinical team members) were randomized to have a telepresent or an in-person leader. Telepresent leaders were connected via …