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Daily FYI April 09, 2009 Louisiana reaps health gains with telemedicine strategySource: Government Health IT Although their state ranks lowest in the country in health indicators, leaders of the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition (LRHC) hope that the addition of telemedicine programs, a health information exchange, electronic health records and tools for managing chronic diseases will improve the health of Louisianans.
Telemedicine bill clears the Senate Source: StatesmanJournal.com bill that would expand opportunities for Oregonians and their doctors to take advantage of telemedicine passed the Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 24 requires health insurers to cover telemedical health service if that service otherwise is covered by the plan.
Long-distance health care Source: Omaha World Herald Instead of driving the 15 miles to a doctor's office in Norfolk, residents of this rural community can see a physician by simply stepping into a back room of the local drugstore.
Global Telemedicine Market to Exceed $18 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc Source: PR Web Telemedicine, offering quality services with significant cost savings, has given a new dimension to the healthcare sector. Although telemedicine programs have been in vogue for nearly half a century, the recent health care reforms have been instrumental in promoting the increased usage of such applications. Telemedicine services are used in several medical areas including diabetes control, primary health care, psychiatry, genetics, radiology, pathology, cardiology, dermatology and pediatrics, among others. Telemedicine programs have proved cost effective, and with curtailment of health care expenditures becoming one of the major concerns, such programs are being increasingly implemented in several nations across the globe.
Telemedicine answers health care challenges: Policy brief outlines recommendations for expanding telemedicine Source: California Telemedicine and eHealth Center California's unsettled economic situation is challenging the health care system to consider new initiatives that will improve access in a cost-effective way, and telemedicine is positioned to meet those challenges.
Intel, GE Team Up To Develop Health IT, Telehealth Products Source: iHealthBeat On Thursday, Intel and General Electric announced that they will spend $250 million over five years to develop new health care technology, such as health IT and home health care monitoring tools, the Wall Street Journal reports. In recent years, Intel has emphasized technology that monitors sick or aging people at home and then transfers their information to physicians over the Internet.
The Impact of the Stimulus Package on Broadband and Telehealth Expansion Source: California Healthcare Foundation California's leadership and investment in broadband and telehealth are critical assets that can be leveraged to access federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to a new issue brief from the California Center for Connected Health, a newly created strategy and planning body designed to promote telehealth adoption in California. ARRA, also known as the federal stimulus package, appropriates over $7 billion in outlays to improve broadband access and use, increase telehealth adoption for better quality care, and establish a framework that can be used to guide future investments in broadband and telehealth.
Hospital Adopts E-Records, Telemedicine Source: Health Data Management West Carroll Memorial Hospital in Oak Grove, La., has gone live with the inpatient electronic medical records software of Healthland (formerly Dairyland Healthcare Solutions), Glenwood, Minn. The 33-bed hospital received a grant to put in the system and join the telemedicine service of the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange. The HIE enables rural hospitals in the state to use telemedicine technologies to access specialists at Louisiana State University. |
