Qualitative assessment of telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy.

Objective: To qualitatively assess telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy.

Materials And Methods: A site expert and local colposcopist examined women presenting consecutively for colposcopic examination at 1 of 2 rural clinics. Images from the exam were transmitted to distant experts at a telemedicine center by an existing telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy system.

The efficacy of telecolposcopy compared with traditional colposcopy.

Objective: Rural women have increased rates of cervical neoplasia, but colposcopic services are limited in rural clinics. The purpose of this study was to estimate the efficacy of telecolposcopy for women in rural health care sites.

Methods: Women with an indication for colposcopy were examined by local colposcopists at one of two rural clinics.