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September 09, 2009

How emerging wireless techs are transforming healthcare

Source: The Industry Standard

When carriers announce plans to build out faster 4G wireless networks or to ramp up the speeds of their current 3G network, talk typically turns to how it will benefit consumer applications such as mobile gaming or high-definition video streaming.

2008 wireless/mobile companies to watch 12 cool ways to donate your PC's spare processing powerBut perhaps an even more important aspect of increased mobile data speeds will be their impact on the mobile "telehealth" devices that doctors are increasingly using to keep track of their patients' conditions.

Videoconferencing Tools Help Specialists Evaluate Stroke Patients in Remote Areas

Source: iHealthBeat

Remote and rural hospitals are beginning to adopt teleconferencing tools to improve patient access to stroke specialists.

Recent research suggests that virtual examinations of stroke patients are as effective as bedside evaluations

LifeWatch and Verizon Wireless to Expand Healthcare Telemedicine Solutions

Source: PRNewswire

LifeWatch Services, Inc., the leading provider of wireless telemedicine services in the United States, today announced that it has reached an exclusive agreement with Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider. Under this agreement, Verizon Wireless will be the preferred network for LifeWatch's successful remote monitoring service for cardiac patients.

How Payers of Health Care Are Using Telemedicine

Source: Workforce Management

With billions of dollars earmarked for telemedicine in the stimulus package, health care payers are taking a look at how technology is being used to manage health care. Based in Bozeman, Montana, where Justin now lives, the company is part of a growing field of telemedicine, which refers to any health care delivered to patients using information technology. Not all telemedicine services provide remote access to doctors like SwiftMD does. Some simply use software to help patients monitor their illnesses. What separates telemedicine from health information Web sites is software that provides personalized feedback on a patient’s health. The goal is to use technology to provide more personalized, cost-efficient health care.

New Telehealth Pilot Project to Evaluate Technology Solutions for U.S. Market

Source: PRNewswire

Home for Life Solutions(TM) and Tunstall Healthcare A/S announce a joint effort to design and implement the "Telehealth Pilot Project." The one-year Pilot Project will evaluate the use of wireless telehealth services based on Tunstall technology and products in the retirement community market and beyond, including the capacity, growth opportunities and patient satisfaction of the telehealth system.

"The goal of the Telehealth Pilot Project is to verify that wireless telehealth technology is cost effective, easy to use and non-threatening to participants. We hope the telehealth system utilizing daily monitoring and personable support from health care professionals will encourage patients to take charge of their health conditions and better manage their medical needs," said Katie Boyer, LMSW, Home For Life Solutions Director of Marketing and Business Development.

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.