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LiveCity: The Impact of Video Communication on Emergency Medicine

LiveCity: The Impact of Video Communication on Emergency Medicine

Camilla Metelmann, Bibiana Metelmann, Michael Wendt, Konrad Meissner, Martin von der Heyden
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466687561|ISBN10: 1466687568|EISBN13: 9781466687578
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch034
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Metelmann, Camilla, et al. "LiveCity: The Impact of Video Communication on Emergency Medicine." E-Health and Telemedicine: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 674-692. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch034

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Metelmann, C., Metelmann, B., Wendt, M., Meissner, K., & von der Heyden, M. (2016). LiveCity: The Impact of Video Communication on Emergency Medicine. In I. Management Association (Ed.), E-Health and Telemedicine: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 674-692). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch034

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Metelmann, Camilla, et al. "LiveCity: The Impact of Video Communication on Emergency Medicine." In E-Health and Telemedicine: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 674-692. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8756-1.ch034

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Abstract

The goal of emergency medicine is to treat time-critical diseases and conditions to reduce morbidity and mortality. The improvement of emergency medicine is an important topic for governments worldwide. A common problem is the inevitable lack of support by emergency doctors, when paramedics need their assistance at the emergency site but are without an emergency doctor. Video-communication in real time from the emergency site to an emergency doctor, offers an opportunity to enhance the quality of emergency medicine. The core piece of this study is a video camera system called “LiveCity camera”, enabling real-time high quality video connection of paramedics and emergency doctors. The impact of video communication on emergency medicine is clearly appreciated among providers, based upon the extent of agreement that has been stated in this study´s questionnaire by doctors and paramedics. This study is part of the FP7-European Union funded research project “LiveCity” (Grant Agreement No. 297291).

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