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Telemedicine and Parkinson’s Disease

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Telemedicine is a viable solution for providing treatment and longitudinal care to patients with Parkinson’s disease. With an expected rise in the national and global burden of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, there will be a greater need for neurologic care services which are able to reach individuals despite distance from major care providers. Given the current distribution of specialists, the present standard of care for Parkinson’s disease is insufficient to meet the changing needs of patients. Demand for safe and inexpensive strategies for providing high-quality care to individuals living with Parkinson’s disease will continue to increase. Challenges, especially reimbursement and licensure, still hinder the expanded adoption of telemedicine, yet many of the present barriers will be resolved as states continue to propose and enact legislation in support of telemedicine. We present a model of providing specialty care to patients by using telemedicine that is generalizable to other physicians and institutions and can help to improve care for individuals with Parkinson’s disease.

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Abbreviations

HIPAA:

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

MDS-UPDRS:

Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale

OTN:

Ontario Telemedicine Network

UPDRS:

Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale

VHA:

Veterans Health Administration

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  1. Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 265 Crittenden Boulevard, CU 420694, 14642, Rochester, NY, USA

    Denzil A. Harris BA

  2. Department of Neurology, Center for Human Experiment Therapeutics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 265 Crittenden Boulevard, CU 420694, 14642, Rochester, NY, USA

    E. Ray Dorsey MD MBA

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    Bart M. Demaerschalk

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Harris, D., Dorsey, E. (2015). Telemedicine and Parkinson’s Disease. In: Tsao, J., Demaerschalk, B. (eds) Teleneurology in Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2349-6_10

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