Patients and families who use telemedicine for sports medicine appointments saved an average of $50 in travel costs and 51 minutes in waiting and visit time, according to a new study by Nemours Children’s Health System. Each telemedicine visit also saved the health system an average of $24 per patient, researchers reported at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.
“There’s a constant need to innovate care delivery to demonstrate value to patients and families,” said Alfred Atanda Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and author of the study. “Nemours’ tech-savvy care environment provides another way to get patients the care they need — where and when they need it. We were able to do so while saving families time and money.”
