Telemedicine vs telephone consultations and medication prescribing errors among referring physicians: A cluster randomized crossover trial (29 February 2024)

Summary

This study aimed to determine whether the use of video telemedicine for paediatric consultations to referring hospital emergency departments (EDs) results in less frequent medication errors than the current standard of care—telephone consultations. The authors found no statistically significant differences in physician-related medication errors between children assigned to receive telephone consultations vs video telemedicine consultations.