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Daily FYI March 12, 2009 American TeleCare, Inc. (ATI) Renews Agreements for its Telehealth Solutions with the Veterans Health Administration Source: PR Web American TeleCare, Inc. (ATI), leader in the development and application of telehealth monitoring and messaging, announced that its solutions and services remain available to government agencies under new contracts with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). With a renewable one-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and a new five-year Federal Service Schedule (FSS), ATI continues to work with the VHA. "We have provided telehealth solutions to the Veterans Health Administration since 1999," said Randy Moore, M.D., M.B.A., chairman and chief executive officer, American TeleCare, Inc. (ATI). "ATI can continue to do so, and to support other federal agencies' telemedicine programs as well, through December 2013."
AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. Seeing Continuing Opportunities in Correctional Telemedicine as U.S. Study Shows Incarceration Costs Increasing across the Country Source: PR Web Pew Center on the States releases study that currently one in every 31 adults is within the corrections system, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago. AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. believes telemedicine is the answer. AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. sees expanding opportunities for the advancement of telemedicine as a study released March 2, 2009, by the Pew Center on the States shows that 7.3 million people -- one in 31 U.S. adults -- are now in lock up, on parole, or serving probation. According to figures from the U.S. Department of Justice the United States has the highest incarceration rate and the largest prison population of any country in the world.
NuPhysicia's InPlace Medical Solutions Supports Scorpion Offshore's Jackup Rig Source: TMCNet InPlace Medical Solutions, an offshore medical service that connects remote workers with physicians through live, two-way video conferencing, reportedlyset a new standard in offshore medical services by completing the first 1,000 hours of telemedicine healthcare services for Scorpion Offshore's jackup rig, Offshore Courageous. With this telemedicine healthcare services project, Scorpion Offshore becomes the first drilling contractor to provide a full-service system of advanced healthcare to rig workers.
More Companies Offering 'Telehealth' Consultations Source: Medical News Today Various "telehealth" services -- allowing consumers access to health care via telephone, Internet or other telecommunications devices -- have cropped up in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reports. American Well's service, launched in January, allows patients to talk with doctors through online video, online chat or phone. Physicians can review patients' personal health records using Microsoft's HealthVault and can prescribe medications.
Alaska Hospital Chain Rolls Out Telemedicine System for Stroke Care Source: iHealthBeat Stroke patients in Alaska could be treated closer to home once hospitals in the Providence Health & Services Alaska hospital chain install a new telemedicine system, the Augusta Chronicle reports. Georgia-based REACH Call developed the system. It will be based at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, which will serve as a "hub" facility, and will expand to three other "spoke" hospitals by mid-April, according to REACH Call CEO Sandeep Agate.
VA Outpatient Clinic on Galveston Island Reopens Source: Nurse.com Closed due to damage from Hurricane Ike, the VA Outpatient Clinic on Galveston Island reopened March 4. The facility is centrally located near 39th Street, close to many restaurants and businesses. The building is newly renovated and staffed by highly qualified and experienced VA physicians, nurses, technicians, and administrative staff, according to a news release.
Diagnosis by telemedicine Source: USA Today Demaerschalk was enjoying Thanksgiving dessert at home when he got a message: A woman in an emergency room 200 miles away in Kingman had developed slurred speech and drooping facial muscles during her own holiday dinner. Within minutes, Demaerschalk was looking at the patient, asking her questions, going over her brain scan and confirming a diagnosis: stroke. Experiences like those are why the Mayo Clinic physician and others see telemedicine as one solution to a vexing problem: Few stroke patients are getting emergency treatments that sometimes prevent the most devastating effects of strokes.
House call from afar Source: Houston Chronicle On a recent Monday, Dr. Oscar Boultinghouse listened to a patient’s heartbeat, checking his vital signs before moving on to examine a rash on his arm that had cropped up a couple of days earlier. But doctor and patient were not in the same room. They weren’t even on the same side of the planet. From a computer console near The Galleria, Boultinghouse was observing and talking to Don McKinney, an employee of Scorpion Offshore stationed on an oil rig in waters 23 miles off Borneo. Read more... |
