Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. Development and Implementation in Practice

1. History and Evolution of Telemedicine 2. Telemedicine Regulation and Licensing 3. Telemedicine Billing and Coding 4. Legal Compliance in Telemedicine 5. Ethical Concerns in Telemedicine 6. Telemedicine Etiquette 7. Virtual Musculoskeletal Examination Using Telemedicine 8. Development and Implementation of Telemedicine in Practice 9. A Case Study in Telemedicine: Cerebral Palsy 10. Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine Consultation 11. Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine 12. School-Based Telemedicine Services 13. Telemedicine in a Time of Crisis- The COVID-19 Experience 14. Global Telemedicine Health and Educational Initiatives 15. Telemedicine Research and Quality Assessment

As the healthcare landscape evolves towards value-based treatment models, healthcare providers will be forced to find ways to deliver healthcare in a cost-effective, resource mindful way that provides good care, all the while maintaining appropriate patient satisfaction. Telemedicine offers a way to achieve this goal, in both rural and urban settings and with a varied and diverse patient population - not to mention during global health emergencies, where in-person visits and consultations are not ideal.

This book will serve as an introduction to telemedicine and digital health for the orthopedic and sports medicine provider. It will provide a general overview of telemedicine as well as specific suggestions and recommendations: where and how to get started, how to implement a telemedicine program, how to do research in telemedicine, and how to develop clinical guidelines and best practices for work in telemedicine. Specific chapters cover important nuts-and-bolts topics like regulation and licensing, billing and coding, and ethics and etiquette. Suggestions and considerations for provider-to-provider, direct-to-consumer, and school-based telemedicine service are likewise presented. Finally, insights into global telemedicine implementation and research are detailed.

While describing specific applications to orthopedic and sports medicine practices, Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine will cater to any clinician - from the individual solo practitioner to the C-suite level executive - who has a vision for implementation of telemedicine across an entire health system.

Alfred Atanda Jr., MD, Director, Center for Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Alfred I. DuPont Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE, USA

John F. Lovejoy III, MD, Chair, Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Chair, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA