Telematic Electrodiagnosis

Abstract

Using the Electrodiagnostic Neurophysiological Automated Analysis (ENAA) telematic system, 1560 standardized electro-diagnostic tests have been performed on 70 normal subjects and 320 patients in five laboratories in three European countries. The data from each patient have been transmitted from the five satellite laboratories to the Bristol Telematic Electrodiagnostic Centre (BRITEC), housed in the Bristol Eye Hospital, where they were evaluated and the conclusions transmitted to the place of origin. The results from the normal subjects were not significantly different between laboratories. Also patients with specific types of disease had similar results in all laboratories. The results from both the normal subjects and the patients show that a working prototype for providing telematic electrodiagnosis is available and has been well received by both clinicians and patients.