Telemedicine for the Medicare Population:
Pediatric, Obstetric, and Clinician-Indirect Home Interventions

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01front.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		38KB	7 pages
Contents: Cover, Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract

02conts.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		22KB	2 pages
Contents: Table of Contents

03summ.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		27KB	3 pages
Contents: Summary: Background; Key Questions; Methods; Findings; Conclusions

04chap1.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		44KB	5 pages
Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Goal of the Report; Definitions; Telemedicine Study Areas; 
Figure 1. Decision process for including and excluding citations; 
Figure 2. Clinical coverage areas of supplemental report versus original report; 
Key Questions about the Efficacy of Telemedicine Services

05chap2.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		48KB	6 pages
Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Literature Search; Selection of Abstracts and Retrieval of 
Full-Text Articles; Figure 3. Literature search tree and results; Data Abstraction; 
Assessment of Study Quality; Table 1. Classification of evidence for studies of therapy 
and monitoring; Table 2. Classification of evidence for diagnostic studies; 
Table 3. Summary of six principles for economic evaluations; Data Synthesis and 
Identification of Information Gaps

06chap3.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		73KB	8 pages
Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Results of the Systematic Review; Table 4. Included articles 
for each of the key questions for the three study areas; Store-and-Forward Telemedicine; 
Self-Monitoring/Testing Telemedicine; Clinician-Interactive Telemedicine

07chap4.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		43KB	6 pages
Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions and Future Research; Gaps in Research; Priorities for 
Future Research; Need for Experimental Designs and Registry Methods; Basic Research 
to Inform Telemedicine; Other Recommendations for Research; Conclusions on Future Research

08refs.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		32KB	2 pages
Contents: References

09etbl1.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		23KB	1 page
Contents: Evidence Table 1. Studies of diagnosis and management for store-and-forward 
telemedicine in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

10etbl2.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		21KB	1 page
Contents: Evidence Table 2. Studies of access for store-and-forward telemedicine 
in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

11etbl3.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		41KB	4 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 3. Studies of access for self-monitoring/testing in pediatric, 
obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

12etbl4.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		25KB	2 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 4. Studies of outcomes for self-monitoring/testing in pediatric, 
obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

13etbl5.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		22KB	1 page
Contents: Evidence Table 5. Studies of patient satisfaction for self-monitoring/testing 
in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

14etbl6.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		23KB	1 page
Contents: Evidence Table 6. Studies of diagnosis and management for clinician-interactive 
telemedicine in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

15etbl7.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		44KB	3 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 7. Studies of access for clinician-interactive telemedicine 
in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

16etbl8.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		20KB	1 page
Contents: Evidence Table 8. Studies of outcomes for clinician-interactive home telemedicine 
in pediatric, obstetric and clinician-indirect home telemedicine

17etbl9.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		28KB	2 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 9. Studies of satisfaction for clinician-interactive services 
in pediatric, obstetric, and patient-indirect telemedicine

18etbl10.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		45KB	4 pages
Contents: Evidence Table 10. Studies of cost for all study areas

19biblio.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		236KB	39 pages
Contents: Bibliography

20appa.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		23KB	2 pages
Contents: Appendix A. Literature Search Strategies

21appb.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		23KB	2 pages
Contents: Appendix B. Task Order Personnel and Peer Reviewers

22appc.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		54KB	6 pages
Contents: Appendix C. General Comments
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AHRQ Publication No. 01-E060
Current as of August 2001