Telemedicine can dramatically improve child sexual assault examinations in rural areas

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

The use of telemedicine can dramatically improve the quality of child sexual assault examinations in rural communities where rates of abuse and neglect are highest — sometimes more than double the statewide rate — a study published in the January issue of the medical journal Pediatrics has found.

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