Search Tag: telemedicine
How to Evaluate Telehealth ROI
2019 17 Sep
Telehealth is one technological innovation that allows more access to healthcare for people in remote locations and underserved areas. For some provider organisations, telehealth is a means to further optimise delivery of care and improve patient satisfaction. But, as noted in a new study, telehealth entails upfront investments in technology, programme... Read more
Mind the Gap: Tackling Staff Shortages
2019 23 Jul
A shortage of health workers is not just a problem of the developed, wealthy countries which often have to stretch their healthcare resources to meet the demands of growing elderly populations. The problem is prevalent in most countries of the world. In India, for example, there is a shortage of over 3.9 million doctors and nurses. In addition... Read more
eTELEMED 2020 - The Twelfth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine
2020 22 Mar
eTELEMED 2020 is colocated with the following events as part of DigitalWorld 2020 . ICDS 2020 , The Fourteenth International Conference on Digital Society ACHI 2020 , The Thirteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions GEOProcessing 2020 , The Twelfth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information... Read more
ICT4AWE 2020 - 6th International Conference on ICT for Ageing Well & e-Health
2020 03 May
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Google exec on Cloud potential in 2019
2019 08 Jan
While the New Year is upon us, there are certain things that will continue to play an increasing role in healthcare such as artificial intelligence (AI), telemedicine, and cloud computing. Healthcare is witnessing an explosion in the amount of data generated from patient records (EHRs), mHealth devices, and research studies, among... Read more
ICU telemedicine - why qualitative research matters
2018 27 Nov
ICU telemedicine traces its beginnings to the 1970s, when an intensivist at a university hospital connected to a single small ICU using audio-visual technology to remotely conduct daily patient rounds and weekly teaching rounds with the local staff. This technology-based strategy is intended to improve patient care and outcomes, by extending the reach... Read more
How effective are ICU telemedicine programmes?
2018 07 Nov
Critical care is both resource intensive and costly, consuming nearly 15 percent of all hospital costs in the United States. With the demand for critical care outpacing the supply of intensivists in the setting of the ageing U.S. population, ICU telemedicine has been proposed as an intervention that may help alleviate this workforce crisis.... Read more