Pre-term infants, newborns with respiratory distress and babies who require advanced resuscitation located in community hospitals get the specialty care they need through video.As a center of excellence in neonatology, the Mayo Clinic is using telemedicine to provide remote consultations throughout the region for high-acuity neonatology needs, such as resuscitation assistance. Mayos program has been successful in providing coverage to areas that previously would not have direct access to specialists and enabling those locations to reduce the need to transfer patients.Our tele-neonatology program focuses on assisting local care teams during high-risk newborn resuscitations that occur in the community setting, said Jennifer Fang, MD, who works in Mayos tele-neonatology and resuscitation program. This most commonly includes pre-term infants, newborns with respiratory distress, or babies who require advanced resuscitation.

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