Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) experience substantial inequalities and barriers accessing health care despite requiring constant accessibility to healthcare providers as they are more likely to die from avoidable causes of death than those without ID. Telehealth technologies have the capacity to improve access to health p...

By CHUKA BONAVENTURE OHAZURUIKE, MPH, SARAH ABERE, BOMA OYAN, MD

During COVID19, telemedicine was adapted by many practices to serve patients with a variety of health conditions including those affected by cancer. Here we report an 11-year-old patient who went to her dentist where a routine panorama x-ray showed multiple jaw keratocysts.  Because jaw keratocysts can be identified with a hereditary predispos...

By ALLISON JAY, ANTHONY HAMAME, M.SUSAN JAY

Telemedicine has emerged as a transformative solution to address the significant healthcare disparities faced by rural India, where over 70% of the population resides. In this article, the evolution of telemedicine in India, its current landscape, and its potential to revolutionize primary healthcare delivery in rural areas are reviewed. Despite pr...

By ASWINI ASHOKAN NAIDU

Background: Acute unscheduled episodic care is an area of potential cost savings, given the high frequency and cost of unnecessary emergency department (ED) utilization.  Methods: We developed a provider-assisted patient navigation program using a telehealth platform designed to decrease ED utilization and reduce costs while providing exceptio...

By AUSTIN SMITH, JULIE MARTINEZ, JOEL TAYLOR, KELCIE DOUGLAS, JOSEPH BLEDSOE

More than 50% of pediatric patients experience significant stress and anxiety prior to surgery.1 High anxiety can result in increased postoperative pain, analgesic consumption, and delayed recovery.2 To reduce this preoperative anxiety, multiple therapeutic modalities have been developed, including the use of distraction, such as playing video game...

By ANTHONY KOO, MD, SANJANA KHANNA, BS, MATTHEW PANKRATZ, PHD, VANESSA POHL, BS, NEIL SINGHAL, MD