• Cost-Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Remote Orthopedic Consultations: Randomized Controlled Trial 

      Buvik, Astrid Synnøve; Bergmo, Trine Strand; Bugge, Einar; Småbrekke, Arvid; Wilsgaard, Tom; Olsen, Jan Abel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-19)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Telemedicine consultations using real-time videoconferencing has the potential to improve access and quality of care, avoid patient travels, and reduce health care costs.</p> <p><i>Objective</i>: The aim of this study was to examine the cost-effectiveness of an orthopedic videoconferencing service between the University Hospital of North Norway and a regional medical center ...
    • Quality of care for remote orthopaedic consultations using telemedicine: A randomised controlled trial 

      Buvik, Astrid Synnøve; Bugge, Einar; Knutsen, Gunnar; Småbrekke, Arvid; Wilsgaard, Tom (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-08)
      Background: Decentralised services using outreach clinics or modern technology are methods to reduce both patient transports and costs to the healthcare system. Telemedicine consultations via videoconference are one such modality. Before new technologies are implemented, it is important to investigate both the quality of care given and the economic impact from the use of this new technology. The aim ...
    • Telemedicine in remote orthopaedic consultations: A randomised controlled trial 

      Buvik, Astrid Synnøve (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-09-25)
      Decentralised services using outreach clinics or modern technology are methods to reduce the patient burden by reducing transport time and costs to the health care system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of planned remote orthopaedic consultations with the help of videoconferences. From 2007 to 2012, we performed a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with two parallel groups: ...