Donna Fuscaldo, FOXBusiness
“The doctor will see you now, but not in the typical office setting with you sitting on the examining table.
Drug store operator Rite Aid (RAD: 1.54, +0.03, +1.99%) is offering people that live in the greater Detroit area the ability to engage in virtual doctor’s visits.
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Eileen Shepherd, Nursing Times
“The Queen’s Nursing Institute has launched a new drive to encourage district nurses to make the best use of new communications technology such as telehealth systems. A report published by the institute said some district nursing teams had already made significant changes to their practice as a result of new technology but others lagged behind.
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Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
“As consumers in the age of infomercials, many of you have probably seen television spots for the Roomba — a robotic vacuum cleaner that automatically sweeps the floor without the aid of a human operator. Who would have thought that the next big market opportunity for iRobot Corporation (www.irobot.com) — the makers of the Roomba — would be in healthcare?
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Goran SF. Critical Care Nurse, 32(1)
The tele-intensive care unit (tele-ICU) uses sophisticated telemedicine technology and a remote team of critical care experts, including nurses, to provide continuous monitoring, assessment, and interventional services to a large number of patients across multiple ICUs. This new practice environment offers experienced critical care nurses an opportunity for career and knowledge expansion while reducing some of the physical and emotional risks encountered at the bedside.
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Watson A et al, J Med Internet Res, 14(1)
Background:
Addressing the obesity epidemic requires the development of effective, scalable interventions. Pedometers and Web-based programs are beneficial in increasing activity levels but might be enhanced by the addition of nonhuman coaching.
Objectives:
We hypothesized that a virtual coach would increase activity levels, via step count, in overweight or obese individuals beyond the effect observed using a pedometer and website alone.
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Carolyne Krupa, amednews
“Linking dermatologists to patients in remote areas through telemedicine gives patients more accurate diagnoses and better disease management than they would receive without access to a specialist, says a study in the January Archives of Dermatology.
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Zorgvisie
“De Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (NZa) heeft de bekostiging van farmaceutische telezorg mogelijk gemaakt door deze ‘prestatie’ toe te voegen aan de beleidsregel Extramurale zorg. Zorgaanbieders kunnen voortaan patiënten die thuis wonen op afstand medicijnen aanreiken.
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Sabrina Rodak, Becker's Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management
“Telemedicine and telehealth have the potential to increase access to care, improve quality of care and decrease costs. For instance, the American Telemedicine Association proposed legislation that would expand telemedicine and save an estimated $186 million over the next 10 years.
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The Himalayan Times
“When you think of the latest and most powerful military technology you might imagine smart bullets that can bend around corners or advanced stealth technology that can render a soldier virtually invisible, but underwear? Probably not, but that is exactly what the U.S. military is adding to its seemingly endless arsenal.
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chiscosayans, doctordoctores
“La medicina en los próximos años deberá realizar profundos cambios para adaptarse a la situación actual. En un entorno como el presente, con grandes dificultades económicas, vemos como la necesidad de disminuir los costes sanitarios es fundamental para que el sistema siga siendo sostenible. Por otra parte, los pacientes cada vez exigen una atención más rápida y eficaz.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
A report by a London-based, physician-led think tank concludes that the British National Health Service would do well to emulate the telehealth services developed by the Veterans Health Administration, the healthcare operation of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department.
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Sara Jackson, FierceHealthIT
“Getting docs engaged and on-board with telehealth may take more than education. It may take cold, hard cash. That’s the object lesson this week from a story about one segment of England’s burgeoning telehealth/remote patient monitoring program.
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Shahid Shah, Healthcare IT News
“This is the next post in my series of Dos and Don’ts Healthcare IT. As we all know, some of our most important citizens live in rural settings, small cities, the countryside, or remote areas. These areas have smaller populations and less direct access to vital healthcare resources.
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Roger Downey, GlobalMedia
“In case you missed it, the three groups have done a study on what is holding back widespread adoption of telemedicine for emergency and critical care. The two major problems are “administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement.” Non-factors, according to Dr. Demaerschalk, were the technology, buy-in from hospital administrators and people’s feelings about telemedical visits.
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Kathleen Roney, Becker's OS Review
“Researchers have found that difficulty implementing robotic telemedicine programs is the fault of licensing, credentialing and billing issues instead of staff, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health.
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ClickCare Café
“A report by KLAS describes the dynamic changes that have brought better choices for healthcare providers. It describes the hosting relationships of the hosting providers and the relationships of serveral legacy systems. It all reads like a complicated Russian novel.
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Sean Ewart, Legislative Gazette
“The Senate and Assembly joint committees on health and insurance met in a roundtable session with leaders in the telehealth and telemedicine fields on Monday, Jan. 9, organized by the Commission on Rural Resources.
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Jeff Byers, Cardiovascular Business
“Licensing, costs for technology and reimbursement for robotic telemedicine (RTM) continue to impede progress, according to an article published in the January/February edition of Telemedicine and e-Health.
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Burke RV et al, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 47(1)
PURPOSE
During a disaster, hospitals may be overwhelmed and have an insufficient number of pediatric specialists available to care for injured children. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of remotely providing pediatric expertise via a robot to treat pediatric victims.
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Andis Robeznieks, ModernHealthcare
“Live interactive telemedicine consults with dermatologists appeared to result in improved treatment and positive outcomes, according to a report in the American Medical Association’s Archives of Dermatology journal.
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