Telemedicine expands reach of care for Parkinson's patients
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:21
in Health & Medicine
A unique and innovative telemedicine project is providing distant nursing home patients with Parkinson's disease access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Centre. A pilot study of the project - the results of which were released this month at the International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders in Paris - demonstrates that the system can improve the quality of life and motor function of patients...