Joint teleconsultations (virtual outreach) versus standard outpatient appointments for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion: a randomised trial.

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Published in Lancet on June 08, 2002

Authors

P Wallace1, A Haines, R Harrison, J Barber, S Thompson, P Jacklin, J Roberts, L Lewis, P Wainwright, Virtual Outreach Project Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK. p.wallace@pcps.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Videoconference in Stoma Out-patient Clinic | NCT01600508

Comparative Study Between Conventional and Telematic Patients Follow-up (TLM-CGD) | NCT03304509

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