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How telemedicine may ease ER overcrowding – Science Daily
Researchers have found that the adoption of telemedicine in the emergency room significantly shortened average length of stay and wait time.
Overcrowding in emergency rooms is a costly and concerning global problem, compromising patient care quality and experience. In a new study, a researcher from The University of Texas at Dallas investigated whether telemedicine could enhance ER care delivery.”This longstanding problem is mainly driven by the imbalance between increasing patient flow and the shortage of emergency room capacity,” said Dr. Shujing Sun, assistant professor of information systems in the Naveen Jindal School of Management…
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