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Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Development and Implementation in Practice

  • Presents an introduction to telemedicine and digital health for the orthopedic and sports medicine provider, with specific suggestions and recommendations for implementation
  • Discusses regulation, billing, legal and ethical considerations, implementation, workflow issues, hardware and software options, and both specific and innovative use cases
  • Describes development and implementation for sports medicine, cerebral palsy, and rehabilitation and physical therapy, among other clinical practices

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Basics of Telemedicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. History and Evolution of Telemedicine

      • John F. Lovejoy III, Michael Read
      Pages 3-10
    3. Telemedicine Regulation and Licensing

      • Carey Officer, Susan Voltz
      Pages 11-28
    4. Telemedicine Billing and Coding

      • Betty A. Hovey
      Pages 29-41
    5. Legal Compliance in Telemedicine

      • Nathan Trexler
      Pages 43-56
    6. Ethical Concerns in Telemedicine

      • M. Wade Shrader
      Pages 57-61
  3. Telemedicine in Daily Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Telemedicine Etiquette

      • Tina Gustin
      Pages 65-80
    3. Virtual Musculoskeletal Examination Using Telemedicine

      • Alfred Atanda Jr., Suken A. Shah
      Pages 81-84
    4. Development and Implementation of Telemedicine in Practice

      • R. Michael Greiwe, Alfred Atanda Jr.
      Pages 85-100
    5. A Case Study in Telemedicine: Cerebral Palsy

      • M. Wade Shrader
      Pages 101-105
    6. Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine Consultation

      • Sean Tackett, Emmanuel Opati
      Pages 107-115
    7. Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine

      • Patricia Solo-Josephson, Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley, Joanne Murren-Boezem
      Pages 117-129
    8. School-Based Telemedicine Services

      • Amanda Martin, Steve North
      Pages 131-136
  4. Special Topics in Telemedicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
    2. Telemedicine in a Time of Crisis: The COVID-19 Experience

      • John F. Lovejoy III, Patrick Barth
      Pages 139-146
    3. Global Telemedicine Health and Educational Initiatives

      • Rameez Qudsi, Carlos Pargas, Emmanuel Opati
      Pages 147-155
    4. Telemedicine Research and Quality Assessment

      • Judd E. Hollander, Jason Goldwater
      Pages 157-168
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 169-174

About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, USA

    Alfred Atanda Jr.

  • Department of Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Central Florida School of Medicine, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, USA

    John F. Lovejoy III

About the editors

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Telemedicine in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Development and Implementation in Practice

  • Editors: Alfred Atanda Jr., John F. Lovejoy III

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53879-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53878-1Published: 12 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53879-8Published: 11 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Sports Medicine

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Softcover Book USD 84.99
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