Design of a randomized, non-inferiority trial to evaluate the reliability of videoconferencing for remote consultation of diabetes.

DISCUSSION: Despite rapid growth in application of telemedicine in a variety of medical specialities, little is known about the reliability of videoconferencing for remote consultation of people with diabetes. Results of this proposed study will provide evidence of the reliability of specialist consultation offered by videoconference for people with diabetes. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000315819. PMID: 24528569 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24528569?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - February 20, 2014 Category: Rural Health Authors: Fatehi F, Martin-Khan M, Gray LC, Russell AW Tags: BMC Med Inform Decis Mak Source Type: research