The August 2011 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology discusses the emerging practice of providing medical abortions via telephone in Effectiveness and Acceptability of Medical Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine. Interestingly the study reports slightly higher abortion completion rates among patients served through telemedicine (99%) over those provided services face-to-face (97%). The study also reports that twenty-five percent of telemedicine patients said they would have preferred being in the same room with the doctor. No significant differences in the prevalence of adverse events were reported during the study period among telemedicine patients compared with face-to-face patients.
Obstetrics & Gynecology: August 2011 – Volume 118 – Issue 2, Part 1 – pp 296-303
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318224d110