Search Tag: Telehealth

2016 31 Aug

Researchers from Finland, U.S, France and beyond created a pilot of four clusters of indicators to compare Health IT across 38 countries.. Findings are published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Each country has a different approach towards Health IT. However, in a paper from the Organization for Economic Cooperation...Read more

2016 16 Aug

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $6 million to telehealth projects in rural communities to improve access to quality health care in rural communities. The telehealth funds which total $6,286,264 are part of a $16 million package aimed at expanding use of telehealth technology for veterans and other patients,...Read more

2016 01 Aug

With unpredictable rises in Emergency Department use, one Florida health system brainstormed to develop a strategy to deal with the unexpected volume. The solution was to control surges by combining triage with telemedicine. Aiming to offset overcrowding in the Emergency Department, Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables developed what it called...Read more

2016 17 Jun

New ethical guidance adopted today at the American Medical Association's (AMA) Annual Meeting will help physicians understand how their fundamental responsibilities may play out differently when patient interactions occur through telemedicine, compared to traditional patient interactions at a medical office or hospital. The new ethical guidance on telehealth...Read more

2016 25 Oct

The eHealth Forum is 1 event in 2 venues spanning the city of Athens: Venue 1:  The  Forum  at the Megaron Athens International Conference Center where stakeholders with knowledge and expertise will come together; Venue 2: The  Festival  at Technopolis City of Athens is the 1st health technology event open to the public with...Read more

2016 16 May

About a quarter of healthcare providers said their virtual care programmes – telemedicine and telehealth – are financially sustainable and are improving efficiency, patient volumes and loyalty by filling gaps in medical specialties or helping chronically-ill patients, according to a poll conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm Telehealth,...Read more

2016 26 Jan

Healthcare leaders who are flexible and innovative can help advance the goals of population health management (PHM), including better health, better care, and lower costs. An article in Executive Insight discusses four leadership imperatives that will spur progress towards meeting these goals. Imperative 1. Commit to a New View of Healthcare...Read more

2015 15 Dec

People living in rural areas often lack access to modern healthcare, and one approach used to address this problem is telemedicine. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine shows that video-based healthcare is effective for patients and helps enhance patient-provider interactions. The findings are reported in the journal The...Read more

2015 22 Nov

A national survey found that 9 out of 10 physicians in the U.S. would use telehealth, provided they were properly reimbursed. The majority of physicians surveyed cite administrative issues and a lack of billing services to address the need for reimbursement tools as a major detraction from implementing telehealth into their practices. The Robert Graham...Read more

2015 05 Oct

Use of telemedicine has expanded to meet the growing spiritual needs of patients, with hospital chaplains now offering spiritual support increasingly through Skype, FaceTime and other high-tech connections, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal . The demand for spiritual support, in a variety of forms, is expected to increase as hospitals...Read more

2015 02 Aug

Two recent studies carried out by HealthMine highlight the importance of wellness programmes and telemedicine in properly diagnosing and controlling illness. In a survey of 750 consumers enrolled in wellness programmes about being diagnosed and dealing with chronic illness, 28 percent reported they had a chronic illness — of which, 42 percent were...Read more

2015 19 Jul

Skype is increasingly being used in telemedicine, with clinicians utilising this popular web-based video tool more commonly to provide healthcare for adults than for children, according to new research from the Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Researchers found that the use of Skype was most prevalent...Read more

2015 14 Jul

Most physicians (57 percent) in the United States are open to having video consultations with their patients, according to a nationwide survey conducted by telehealth vendor American Well. Only 12 percent of respondents are unwilling to see a patient over video and 31 percent remain uncertain. More than 2,000 primary care doctors took part in the online...Read more

2015 30 Jun

Healthcare is one area where technology has made a huge impact. New medical devices, medicines and treatments that improve patient care are created as a result of technological advancements.   As technology evolves fast, healthcare executives who come from non-technical backgrounds may find it overwhelming. Hence, it's essential that they understand...Read more

2015 29 Jun

Mobile apps targeted at patients with Parkinson's disease are being tested by researchers from the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET) at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. The study aims to help researchers understand day-to-day struggles of those suffering from this illness, as well as how patients respond to various...Read more

2015 20 Feb

Tech behemoth Salesforce has released its “2015 State of the Connected Patient” report detailing the potentially huge shift in how patients interact with their healthcare providers, particularly younger patients, and how technology might help improve connectivity. The report came out just ahead of the closing enrolment for Obamacare (Affordable Healthcare...Read more

2014 20 Oct

The primary focus of public health is prevention, with a key focus on responding to the health needs of individuals as well as populations. Meanwhile, public health informatics (PHI) is the field in which today’s information revolution meets the specific needs of public health. It is also defined as information, computer science, and technology systematically...Read more

2014 06 Oct

Mayo Clinic  is committed to reducing health care expenses and improving access to medical services through a new telemedicine pilot project called Mayo Clinic Health Connection, now available at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin. The Mayo Clinic Health Connection trials a telehealth delivery system to meet patient’s needs through the  HealthSpot®...Read more

2014 14 Feb

Leading Massachusetts Home Health Provider Aims to Reduce Readmissions and Improve Care Coordination with Philips Hospital to Home program Partners HealthCare At Home has selected Royal Philips support its growing telemonitoring services, providing improved clinical oversight for newly discharged patients and those with chronic conditions, such...Read more

2013 02 Apr

Telehealth does not seem to be a cost effective addition to standard support and treatment for patients with long term conditions, finds a study published on bmj.com. The findings follow a  BMJ  study published last month showing that telehealth does not improve quality of life for patients with long term conditions.  Telehealth uses technology...Read more

2013 07 Mar

Philips has announced the launch of its IntelliSpace eCareManager 3.9 healthcare platform, powered by orb, during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013 conference and exhibition. Included in Philips’ latest offering to its eICU programme is orb, a new graphical dashboard that is actuated by over 100 clinical rules,...Read more