Inter-rater agreement between 13 otolaryngologists to diagnose otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children using a telehealth approach

CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial agreement between otolaryngologists to diagnose ear disease using electronically stored clinical data collected from telehealth assessments. The addition of audiometry, tympanometry and nurse impressions significantly improved expert accuracy and inter-rater agreement, compared to reviewing otoscopic images alone.PMID:37003013 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111494

Source: Rural Remote Health - April 1, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Al-Rahim Habib Chris Perry Graeme Crossland Hemi Patel Kelvin Kong Bernard Whitfield Hannah North Joanna Walton Melville Da Cruz Anand Suruliraj Murray Smith Rhydian Harris Zubair Hasan Dakshika A Gunaratne Raymond Sacks Narinder Singh Source Type: research