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Daily FYI June 03, 2009 TeleHealth Services Chosen By HCA To Install Interactive Patient Education System In Timpanogos Regional Hospital Source: Medical News Today TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare grade televisions and on-demand patient and staff interactive education solutions, has announced the implementation of its TIGR on-demand video education and entertainment system into Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah.
KoolDocs.com, Leading Provider of Online Doctor Consultations, Launches New Website Source: PR Web KoolDocs.com, the web's leading resource for online medical consultations, diagnoses, prescriptions, and doctors' excuses for work and school, launched a brand new website that focuses on its innovative online doctor consultation and prescription services, also known as telemedicine. The site, KoolDocs.com, is designed to provide patients a convenient, economical, and quality solution to simple medical problems that are treatable with the help of an online doctor; in this case, a KoolDoc online doctor.
Telemedicine aids diabetes care Source: Healthcare Republic School-based e-consultations can improve disease control and quality of life for children with diabetes, research suggests. Researchers from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, studied 41 children, aged five to 14, with type-1 diabetes. All participants received standard outpatient care and, in addition, 23 were randomised to a telemedicine intervention programme.
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... |
