ArticleEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2025
Specialized medical care in primary care using telemedicine in Northeast Brazil: a descriptive study, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2022-2023.
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- Reducing referrals in primary care through specialist-supported telehealth: quasi-experimental evidence from Northeast Brazil.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- [Digital health and its impacts on the access of minority groups to primary care: a systematic reviewLa salud digital y su impacto en el acceso a la atención primaria de salud en grupos minoritarios: revisión sistemática].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe an interconsultation project with specialists and family health teams participating in a telemedicine project in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
methodsDescriptive study with evaluation of TeleNordeste Project interconsultations. Data collection began in November 2022, with consultations with a cardiologist, neurologist, psychiatrist and endocrinologist made available to primary health centers. Patients over 18 years of age were included in the study. Quantitative data were described as medians and percentiles, qualitative data were measured in absolute frequency and percentage.
results572 patients were included and carried out 847 consultations; 71% were women, the median age were 50 years, 96.7% of patients had chronic non-communicable diseases. The median of the waiting time for consultation was 7 days. In total, 565 patients had their complaints completely resolved and did not need to be referred to a specialized service.
conclusionThe TeleNordeste Project brought to Rio Grande do Norte a type of medical care facilitated by digital health, with the possibility of agile contact and easy access in primary health care to cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and endocrinologists, enabling improved care and increased effectiveness in real time.
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