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To describe the operational implementation and clinical utility of two-way closed-circuit television for delivering psychiatric care and professional medical education to remote sites.

November 1, 1972American Journal of Psychiatry

Two-Way Television: Helping the Medical Center Reach Out

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CWCecil L. WittsonNebraska State Historical Society RBReba Ann BenschoterUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center

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Program report demonstrates the utility of two-way television in rural hospitals, highlighting electronic communication to expand specialty care and training.

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To describe the operational implementation and clinical utility of two-way closed-circuit television for delivering psychiatric care and professional medical education to remote sites.
Implemented a two-way closed-circuit television system connecting an academic medical center to remote rural community hospitals and university facilities beginning in 1959.
Applied the audiovisual network to conduct interactive telepsychiatry clinical consultations and facilitate inter-facility medical training programs.
Successfully established functional bidirectional audiovisual linkages between tertiary academic medical specialists and remote, underserved rural hospitals.
Extended specialized psychiatric treatment services and continuous medical education across geographically separated healthcare complexes without requiring physical travel.

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Wittson et al. (1972) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11bf010765515418178bb9 https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.5.624

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Program report demonstrates the utility of two-way television in rural hospitals, highlighting electronic communication to expand specialty care and training.

Two-Way Television: Helping the Medical Center Reach Out

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Two-Way Television: Helping the Medical Center Reach Out

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