Department of Veterans Affairs Polytrauma Telerehabilitation : Twenty-First Century Care - 23/11/18

Doi : 10.1016/j.pmr.2018.08.003

Joel Scholten, MD ^a,^⁎ , Cindy Poorman, MSPT ^a,^{^{1
Present address: 4100 East Mississippi Avenue, Suite 825, Room 804, Glendale, CO 80246.}}, Lesli Culver, LCSW ^b, Joseph B. Webster, MD ^c,^d
^a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, US Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue Northwest, Office #667, Washington, DC 20420, USA
^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, James A Haley Veterans’ Hospital, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, 673-111E, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
^c Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
^d Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Building 514, 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23249, USA

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

The use of telehealth for the management of the polytrauma patient provides a unique opportunity to leverage technology to enhance care for a complex patient cohort, to assist in clinical care, and to enhance support for community reintegration for veteran patients. Telehealth connects experts to patients in remote or underserved areas, thereby decreasing a health care disparity. This is especially important when the rehabilitation team is multidisciplinary. The future of telerehabilitation is unknown and implementing virtual care into rehabilitation providers’ standard practice will be impeded until state licensure and payment issues are resolved.

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Keywords : Telerehabilitation, Telehealth, Polytrauma, Traumatic brain injury, Amputation