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Maternal Fetal Ultrasound Tele-Consultation

During a routine pre-natal visit to an OB/GYN, a mother to be was told she had a high risk pregnancy and would need to consult with a Maternal Fetal Specialist located in another city over a hundred miles away.  Her doctor quickly delivered the good news that his office was set up to do consults via telemedicine.

A sonogram of the baby was transmitted in real-time to the Maternal Fetal Specialist and a face-to-face consultation was done over a secure, encrypted network.

Pediatric Echocardiogram Tele-Consultation

A baby boy was one of triplets born at a rural hospital in Norfolk, NE.  The baby's pediatrician became concerned about an obvious heart murmur.  The pediatrician requested a consult with a pediatric cardiologist 115 miles away using AET's wireless mobile solution.  An echocardiogram of the baby's heart was transmitted live in real-time to the pediatric cardiologist in Omaha, NE.

The pediatric cardiologist was able to view the echocardiogram from his laptop to provide an immediate confirmation of diagnosis that was not life threatening.  The diagnosis allowed baby to stay at the rural hospital with his siblings and mother, alleviating the expense of transporting the baby to the specialty hospital.