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Daily FYI May 12, 2009 The Doctor Is In, Around the Clock Source: PRNewswire InPlace Medical Solutions, the first full-service offshore medical product using video telemedicine, has achieved another first in the offshore medical industry - securing physician staffing for 24/7/365 services by video telemedicine 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.
Medicare Telemedicine Bill Could Change Landscape Source: iHealthBeat A generally accepted maxim in health care: Where Medicare goes, the rest of the country follows. If a bipartisan effort in Congress is successful, Medicare and the rest of the country are headed for wider, deeper use of telemedicine Only about 20% of the country's Medicare beneficiaries have access to telemedicine because of restrictions limiting funding to rural areas, according to legislators.
Videoconferencing can increase patient access to stroke specialists Source: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News A stroke exam via videoconferencing known as telemedicine or telestroke is as effective as a bedside exam. The statement recommends establishing systems to support the widespread use of telestroke, including having Medicare cover this service. Telemedicine for stroke A new scientific statement says a remote exam using high-quality videoconferencing equipment is as effective as a bedside stroke evaluation.
Telemedicine works well for stroke Source: Fierce Health IT Telemedicine boosters got new ammunition this week, when a study came out suggesting that remote exams of stroke patients performed via a videoconferencing hookup can work as well as a bedside consult. The study, which appeared in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, could allow doctors to treat a transient ischemic attack as efficiently as a stroke, sometimes saving patients from ever stroking out in the first place.
Telemedicine Helps Experts Treat Stroke From Afar Source: Health US News Examining stroke patients via videoconferencing (telemedicine) is as effective as a bedside exam and can increase patient access to stroke specialists, says a scientific statement released Thursday by the American Heart Association. Stroke patients require rapid assessment in order to determine if they're eligible for time-sensitive treatments such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which can save brain function and reduce stroke-related disability, the AHA explained in a news release.
Philippines urged to adopt int’l telehealth standards Source: InfoWorld With the current population increase outgrowing the local healthcare resources, lawmakers and doctors in the Philippines are calling for the immediate adoption of international telehealth standards or E-health -- the practice of applying ICT for healthcare delivery and education for the underserved. "We must maximize telehealth potential and adopt international telehealth standards," said Senator Edgardo Angara, in his keynote address read at the first "eHealth & Telemedicine Philippines 2009" conference and exhibition which opened yesterday at the Crowne Plaza Galleria in Quezon City.
Key Challenges and Issues facing the Global Telemedicine Market 2008-2012 Source: Market Watch Telemedicine is a provision of healthcare services, which uses telecommunication technology and multimedia equipment to provide healthcare solutions over a geographic distance. The technology and equipment used to provide the service include: videoconferencing, cameras, Internet, satellites, and wireless communications. Telemedicine provides clinical care services through two main technologies: pre-captured (archived and then sent over the communication network) and real time. The pre-captured technology is used in non-emergency situations. Applications of this technology include Teleradiology and Telepathology. The real time technology, on the other hand, requires the use of interactive screens to facilitate face to face consultation. It also assists the provision of services such as Telecardiology, Telepsychiatry, and Telepediatrics. Videoconferencing is commonly used to provide real time healthcare services. |
