Table 1 Key features of Telemedicine Rounding and Consultation (TRAC) Model

 □ Daily inpatient rounding:

 ■ Monday to Friday

 ■ Health care teams meet to discuss a patient’s medical care plans.

 ■ Bedside rounds (rounds that occur at the bedside with the patient and family included in care planning) when able/appropriate.

 □ Telemedicine facilitated:

 ■ Real time audio-visual transmission using telemedicine cart (Fig. 1).

 ⃞ Tertiary-Regional Collaboration:

 ■ Collaboration between Alberta Children’s Hospital (tertiary) and Medicine Hat Regional Hospital (regional).

 □ Multidisciplinary teams:

 ■ General pediatricians, subspecialists, allied health professionals, nurses, nurse educators (based on patient needs)