How a video link is helping to keep older people out of EDs
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How a video link is helping to keep older people out of EDs

Julie Penfold Health writer

Telehealth – a nurse-led digital health service – is empowering nurses to triage older people in care and nursing homes, avoiding unnecessary emergency department presentations

A nurse-led digital health service is using video technology to provide faster care for older patients, preventing avoidable visits to a hospital emergency department (ED).

Emergency Nurse. 28, 1, 11-13. doi: 10.7748/en.28.1.11.s10

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