Emergency department patients at rural hospitals using telemedicine see a clinician six minutes sooner than patients in hospitals that have no such technology, a new study from University of Iowa shows. And if that first clinician assessment is through a telemedicine encounter, the door-to-provider time is shortened by nearly 15 minutes, says study lead author Nicholas Mohr, MD, an emergency physician and associate professor at the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
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UI College of Public Health
https://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/emergency-department-telemedicine-shortens-patients-time-to-provider/

Becker’s Hospital Review
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/study-telemedicine-reduces-er-patient-wait-times-by-15-minutes-for-rural-hospitals.html