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Telemedicine, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 52-5 - September 23, 2022
- Editor: Aaron Smiley
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 5 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 6 0 - 8
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Aaron Smiley brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Telemedicine. Given the sudden and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Aaron Smiley brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Telemedicine. Given the sudden and surprising challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever for practicing veterinarians to be up to date on the current best practices surrounding telehealth and small animal care. In this issue, top experts in the field explore the many nuances of implementing telehealth in veterinary practice, providing readers with the latest best practices in several key areas.
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Contains 11 practice-oriented topics including wearables, feline arthritis, oncology, anesthesia, technology, hospice, and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on telemedicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- What Is Telemedicine, Telehealth, and Teletriage
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions
- The development of veterinary telemedicine: 2016 to 2021
- Guidelines for the appropriate use of telehealth technologies in veterinary medical practice
- DVM liability and other ethical and practice considerations
- Best practices: legal and ethical issues with delivering virtual care
- Summary
- Teletriage-How Remote Advice Provides Better Care
- Key points
- Definitions
- Comparing human and veterinary triage
- Veterinary teletriage technology
- Who can provide veterinary teletriage?
- The veterinary teletriage workflow
- Teletriage reduces the cost of veterinary medical care
- Teletriage in emergency clinics
- Managing the animal owner during teletriage
- Teletriage keeps non-emergent cases at home practice
- Teletriage can provide lifesaving advice on the way to in-person emergency care
- Teletriage can provide access to care for remote locations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Wearable Devices in Veterinary Health Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions
- The evolution of wearables
- Health care wearable devices—what can we learn from human medicine?
- Classification of health care wearable devices
- Veterinary health care wearable devices
- Challenges and future directions
- Barriers to adoption
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Anesthesiologists in the Ether: Technology and Telemedicine in Anesthesiology
- Key points
- Telemedicine and anesthesia
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Technology Basics for Telemedicine: What Practitioners Need to Know
- Key points
- Introduction
- Face your fears first
- Definitions
- Types of visits
- Facilitated virtual visits are coming
- Technical and support staff are essential
- Integration into the electronic medical record
- Open and closed systems
- Satellite telemedicine clinics
- Virtual physical examination
- Rapidity of technological advancements
- Artificial intelligence
- The dehumanization of veterinary medicine
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Telehealth in Hospice and Palliative Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Asynchronous Veterinary Telemedicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Summary
- Small Animal Teleultrasound
- Key points
- Introduction
- Technical aspects
- Training and education
- Protocols
- Diagnostic accuracy
- Artificial intelligence
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Conflict of interest
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 52-5
- Published: September 23, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323961592
- eBook ISBN: 9780323961608
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Aaron Smiley
Affiliations and expertise
Chief of Staff, Devonshire Veterinary Clinic and Geist Station Animal Hospital , Chief of Staff Advisor, VetCor, Indiana Veterinary Medical Association, Immediate Past President