JAMA neurology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Randomized controlled clinical trial of "virtual house calls" for Parkinson disease.
The burden of neurological disorders is increasing, but access to care is limited. Providing specialty care to patients via telemedicine could help alleviate this growing problem. ⋯ Using web-based videoconferencing to provide specialty care at home is feasible, provides value to patients, and may offer similar clinical benefit to that of in-person care. Larger studies are needed to determine whether the clinical benefits are indeed comparable to those of in-person care and whether the results observed are generalizable.