C Medlar, A J Hughes, M Hayden, E Lavelle, G Dunne, K Batt, M Gyves, J Hailey Reyes, B J O'Daly, J F Quinlan
The virtual fracture clinic (VFC) enables the safe, cost-effective delivery of high-quality patient-centred fracture care, whilst reducing hospital footfall. Within our institution, an Outreach VFC was launched, accepting a pre-defined range of trauma referrals from the outreach centre's emergency department (ED). The initial nine months' worth of cases referred to the Outreach VFC were assessed. The injury pattern, time to review, treatment plan and discharge destination of each referred patient were examined...
January 19, 2023: Irish Medical Journal