Published Evaluation Studies

• Brunetti ND, Dellegrottaglie G, Lopriore C, et al. Prehospital Telemedicine Electrocardiogram Triage for a Regional Public Emergency Medical Service: Is It Worth It? A Preliminary Cost Analysis. Clinical cardiology 2014. doi: 10.1002/clc.22234

• Figueira RM (2009). The economic impact of using telehealth on primary care on the municipal budget in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ministry of Health Centro de Telessaude. http://www.medetel.lu/ download/2010/parallel_sessions/presentation/day2/ The_Economic_Impact.pdf. Retrieved September, 2012.

• Hertz BT. Telemedicine: patient demand, cost containment drive growth. Joining the trend may not be as expensive or time-consuming as you think, experts say. Medical economics 2013;90:37, 9-42.

• Jodar-Sanchez F, Jimenez-Hernandez MD, Vigil E, et al. Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Telemedicine Service for the Treatment of Acute Stroke Patients: TeleStroke. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2012;14:8.

• Lamel S, Chambers CJ, Ratnarathorn M, Armstrong AW. Impact of live interactive teledermatology on diagnosis, disease management and clinical outcomes. Archives of Dermatology 2012;148:61-5.

• Lopez C, Valenzuela JI, Calderon JE, Velasco AF, Fajardo R. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2011;17:83-7.

• Rachapelle S, Legood R, Alavi Y, et al. The cost-utility of telemedicine to screen for diabetic retinopathy in India. Ophthalmology 2013;120:566-73.

• Richardson DR, Fry RL, Krasnow M. Cost-savings analysis of telemedicine use for ophthalmic screening in a rural Appalachian health clinic. The West Virginia medical journal 2013;109:52-5.

• Thaker DA, Monypenny R, Olver I, Sabesan S. Cost savings from a telemedicine model of care in northern Queensland, Australia. The Medical journal of Australia 2013;199:414-7.

• Wade, V. A., Karnon, J., Elshaug, A. G., & Hiller, J. E. (2010). A systematic review of economic analyses of telehealth services using real time video communication. http://www.biomedcentral.com/ 1472-6963/10/233 Retrieved September, 2012

• Whited JD. Economic analysis of telemedicine and the teledermatology paradigm. Telemedicine journal and e-health 2010;16:223-8

• Zanaboni P, Knarvik U, Wootton R. Adoption of routine telemedicine in Norway: the current picture. Global health action 2014;7:22801.