A tele-obstetric broadband service including ultrasound, videoconferencing and cardiotocogram. A high cost and a low volume of patients

• Published in: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
• Main Authors: Norum, Jan, Bergmo, Trine S, Holdø, Bjørn, Johansen, May V, Vold, Ingar N, Sjaaeng, Elisabeth E, Jacobsen, Heidi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: Health Informatics; Bodø; Lofoten; Triplets; Nordland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/135763307780908085; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/135763307780908085

We established a tele-obstetric service connecting the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Nordland Hospital in Bodø to the delivery unit at the Nordland Hospital in Lofoten. The telemedicine service included a videoconferencing link (3 Mbit/s) for transmission of ultrasound scans and a...