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Daily FYI April 01, 2009 Doctor-Patient Communication via Internet Helps Patients Reach Treatment Goals Source: WebMD Using the Internet to stay in touch with your doctor between checkups can help you control blood pressure, a study shows. "Internet-based telemedicine systems allow patients to report blood pressure readings to their doctors and receive feedback as to how close they are to reaching treatment goals," says study researcher Alfred Bove, MD. Bove is incoming president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and emeritus professor of medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia.
'Father of Telemedicine' Touts Benefits of Telehealth Adoption Source: iHealthBeat At the Online Care Symposium in Hawaii last week, Global Telemedicine Group CEO Jay Sanders said that telemedicine can offer significant benefits for rural hospitals and isolated patients, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports. Sanders, who has been called the "father of telemedicine," is credited with developing the first statewide telemedicine system in the U.S., the first correctional telemedicine program and the first tele-homecare technology.
Nebraska Telehealth Network Gets Federal Financial Boost Source: iHealthBeat The Nebraska Statewide Telehealth Network will receive $95,000 in federal stimulus funding, the AP/KCAU-TV reports. The telehealth network is designed to improve patients' access to care and provide patient, professional and community education.
HSC Center for Telemedicine awaits $6.2 million in funding Source: The Daily Toreador The Texas Tech Center for Telemedicine is awaiting notification in April of a $6.2 million state-funded contract to create pediatric Medicaid telemedicine opportunities in 30 rural West Texas sites during the next two years.
Telehealth holds great potential but wider awareness may not lead to adoption Source: Pipeline Review Datamonitor believes that telehealth has reached the tipping point in terms of awareness, with IBM following Intel's entrance into the market, prominent media coverage and a rise in the number of conferences highlighting the technology. However, despite the benefits that telehealth offers to both providers and patients, the question remains as to whether this awareness will lead to adoption.
Telemedicine Consultation and Monitoring for Pediatric Liver Transplant Source: Anesthesia & Analgesia Telemedicine provides the opportunity to bring medical expertise to the bedside, even if the medical expert is not physically near the patient. Internet technology has facilitated telemedicine allowing for voice, video and other data to be exchanged between remote locations. To date, applications of telemedicine to anesthesia (Teleanesthesia) have been limited. Previous work by Cone et al., (Anesth Analg 2006;1463–7) demonstrated the ability to direct an anesthetic in a remote location using satellite communication. In this report, we describe the use of telemedicine to support two cases of elective living related pediatric liver transplants performed at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, India with preoperative and intraoperative consultation provided by physicians at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Remote Monitoring Can Boost Patient Outcomes, Study Finds Source: iHealthBeat Remote patient monitoring can improve outcomes for patients with chronic conditions, according to a study from the Spyglass Consulting Group, Healthcare IT News reports. The study, titled "Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring 2009," is a follow-up to Spyglass Consulting Group's 2006 report on the same subject.
New Research Suggests Telehealth Can Reduce Mortality Rates Among Diabetes Patients Source: TMCNews A new study of veterans using telehealth is the first to indicate that interventions using the technology can result in reduced mortality rates among individuals with chronic disease -- and is yet more evidence of telehealth's ability to improve care and quality of life for these patients, Health Hero Network said. Research published in the current edition of the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare showed that mortality rates were significantly reduced among a group of hundreds of diabetes patients who used a telehealth appliance and were supported by registered nurses. |
