A patient was admitted to a rural ICU in Montana. Critical care nurses are assisting with monitoring and care of the patient from the closest major city. This is an example of
a. telemedicine. c. tele-informatics.
b. tele-ICU. d. tele-hospital.
B
Telemedicine was initially used in outpatient areas, remote rural geographic locations, and areas where there was a dearth of medical providers. Currently, there are tele-ICUs in areas where there are limited resources onsite. However, experts (critical care nurses, intensivists) are located in a central distant site.
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