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Daily FYI May 14, 2009 Telemedicine "Buddy" Offers Radical Approach to Managing Health of the Mentally Ill Source: NHPR As anyone with diabetes or heart disease knows, chronic health conditions are hard to manage.
Illinois considers using telemedicine to assist sick prisoners Source: Smart Briefs Officials in Illinois are considering whether telemedicine could be used to allow ailing prisoners to consult physicians, said Derek Schnapp of the state Department of Corrections. The technology, which is used in prisons in at least 26 other states, could enable Illinois to save on related costs and reduce off-site trips. An expert, however, warned that the practice could prove harmful to inmates in the long term because it makes them "disappear more and more from the public consciousness."
Louisiana Healthcare Providers and Patients Report High Satisfaction with Healthland EMR Solution and LARHIX Telemedicine Capabilities Source: Business Wire Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information solutions for small community and critical access hospitals, announces its support and recent success of the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange (LARHIX) telemedicine initiative. A 2009 survey released by the LSU Health Science Center (LSUHSC) in Shreveport reveals that patients and healthcare providers from rural Louisiana hospitals are not only experiencing high satisfaction from telemedicine capabilities but are also saving time and money with the program. This is particularly important to the state of Louisiana where, according to LARHIX state-wide statistics: 32 percent of the population is in federally designated medically underserved rural communities; the population’s health ranking is among the lowest in the country; and 23.7 percent of rural Louisianans live below the federal poverty line.
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. |
