Rogove HJ et al, Telemedicine and e-Health, 2011
Context:
The present study of current telemedicine users is a unique attempt to understand the barriers and motivational factors related to the utilization of telemedicine.
Objective:
A survey of emergency and critical care remote presence telemedicine users was conducted to determine the factors that motivate and the barriers that impede the acceptance and maintenance of a robotic telemedicine (RTM) program.
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16 November 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: United States | Tag(s): Acute Care, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“In a new study of adult care visits, which found that patients are visiting multiple sites for care, researchers reveal the extent to which medical information has become fragmented. Because of the increased risk of medical errors and adverse events this makes a strong case for health IT investment, say its authors.
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14 December 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Acute Care, Health Information Technology
Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Researchers from the University of Missouri are developing an electronic health record system aimed at meeting the needs of a population of older adults that’s expected to almost double in the next 20 years.
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9 July 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Acute Care, Elderly, Health Information Technology, Nurses
Johansson T, Wild C., International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 26(2)
Objectives:
Stroke is the third largest cause of death and a major factor in permanent disability. Disparities in access to healthcare services exist due to geographical barriers and limited resources. Rural locations often lack the resources for adequate acute stroke care. Telestroke is intended to enable the transfer of knowledge of acute stroke management to areas with limited neurological services. The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and treatment delivery reliability of telemedicine systems in acute stroke management.
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19 April 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Tag(s): Acute Care, Stroke, Telemedicine
Mastouri, Negin et al, ElectronicHealthcare, 8(3)
Introduction:
One of the root causes for Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding stems from challenges with patient flow from acute to post-acute care institutions. Significant improvements to the referral process can be made by moving to an electronic Resource Matching and Referral (RM&R) system, which could be used to facilitate accessing accurate and consistent data relating to referral patterns, waitlists, response times, referral efficiencies, and gaps in programs/services.
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15 March 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Canada | Tag(s): Acute Care, emergency, Referral
Juhra, Christian et al, ElectronicHealthcare, 8(3)
In 2008, approximately 4,500 people in Germany died in traffic accidents and around 71,000 people were badly injured. Altogether, yearly productivity loss caused by these injuries is estimated to be around 5 billion Euros. International and national studies revealed the trauma centre level of the primary hospital as the major predictor for trauma-related mortality. In 2006, the German Society for Trauma Surgery (DGU) called its members to form regionally based networks of hospitals engaged in trauma care. In April 2008, 45 hospitals in the north-west region of Germany, two hospitals from the Netherlands, and the local emergency services founded the “TraumaNetwork NorthWest (TNNW).” The major goals of these networks are: 1) To shorten the time between accident and admission to the appropriate hospital, 2) to create effective ways of communication, and 3) to implement common pre- and in-hospital standards for trauma care. In order to improve acute trauma care, we looked for new ways of communicating from hospital to hospital, as well as from emergency services to hospitals.
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15 March 2010 | No Comments »
Categories: Science | Country: Germany, Netherlands | Tag(s): Acute Care, Communication, Data Exchange, Trauma Care
