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Daily FYI June 01, 2009 IDEAL LIFE® and Bayada Nurses Reduce Hospitalizations by 40-60 Percent for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and Hypertension Source: Business Wire Wireless Telehealth Products Contribute to Major Cost-Savings and Optimal Patient Care IDEAL LIFE, INC. and home care agency Bayada Nurses Inc. announced today that hospitalizations for patients using IDEAL LIFE’s remote health management products for CHF and hypertension have decreased 40 to 60 percent since the program began in September 2007. The clinical results were so favorable that Bayada Nurses, one of the nation’s largest home health providers, has expanded use of the IDEAL LIFE system across offices in Pennsylvania, Arizona and New Jersey.
Strategic Telehealth Event Source: Federal Telemedicine News A crucial three day industry forum highlighting the latest trends, best case studies, hands-on experiences, and innovative strategies presented by America’s top hospitals and other prestigious organizations will take place August 13-14, 2009 in Chicago. The presentations at the three day “A Strategic Event on Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring” industry forum will emphasize cost savings, reducing hospital stays, patient travel time, and greatly improving outcomes.
Not Feeling Well? Can't Leave the Office? The Doctor Will See You Now Source: PRNewswire Medicine At Work, the first company to enable physician services to the workplace using advanced video telemedicine technology, has secured full-time physician staffing for its clients. All services are provided by emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians who are board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Telemedicine program can help stroke victims avert disability Source: JSOnline As he drove west along I-94 in Jefferson County, Michael Harrigan reached for his bottle of water, but he couldn't grip it. "My face was feeling odd, and my breath was getting short," he said. Harrigan thought he might be having a stroke. What he didn't know was that he was about to become the first person in Wisconsin to be treated as part of a telemedicine program designed to allow doctors at smaller hospitals to consult with larger stroke centers Read more...
States Tap Telemedicine Technology To Boost Access to Care Source: iHealthBeat On Tuesday, Kansas Health Institute News published a series on telemedicine. Summaries and links to the articles appear below:
AT&T, other firms test devices to help monitor patients from afar Source: Dallas Morning News Long-term treatments for diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic killers work only if patients care for themselves properly. That's why doctors, hospitals, and high-tech companies such as Dallas-based AT&T Inc. are so excited about a new generation of devices that let medical professionals track patient progress.
Telemedicine Allows GPs to Treat Skin Conditions Without Referral to a Dermatologist Source: Insider Medicine Telemedicine can help doctors treat patients with skin conditions without referring them to a dermatologist, according to research published in the Archives of Dermatology. ... Researchers from the University of Amsterdam randomly assigned 85 GPs to manage their patients via a telemedicine consult or a face-to-face referral to a dermatologist. The GPs in the telemedicine group took four digital pictures of the skin conditions on each of over 300 patients and sent them to a dermatologist via a secure Web site. |
