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Identifying undiagnosed dementia in residential care veterans — comparing telemedicine to in-person clinical examination
Author(s)	Molly M Shores, Peggy Ryan-Dykes, Rhonda M Williams
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 2, February 2004
Pages	pp 101-108
Source	http://www.interscience.wiley.com
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Health services ; Information technology ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	Barriers to early diagnosis of dementia include a lack of routine screening for dementia and a lack of access to specialty consultative services. In this US pilot study in Washington State, 18 of 85 subjects aged 60+ screened were positive for dementia on the 7-Minute Screen. Of these, 16 consented to participate in the telemedicine study. 12 of the 16 were subsequently diagnosed by the telemedicine examination, and were 100% in agreement with the diagnoses from the in-person clinical examinations. Moreover, subjects reported a higher degree of satisfaction with the telemedicine experience, and they would like to have further care through telemedicine in the future. Telemedicine appears to be a promising means of expanding the availability of geriatric psychiatric consultation, especially in remote areas. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040301214 A
Classmark	KX: EA: LK7: L: UVB: 48: 7T
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