Telemedicine can be used for accurate diagnosis of stroke symptoms
...Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that new telemedicine technologies canbe used to shorten the time requir...ke into every emergency room in the country. With telemedicine linksto tertiary care centers, smaller community hospitals - even those in isolatedrural areas - can...Government needs to support 'e-medicine' to improve medical care
...t and other issues will have to be resolved before telemedicine becomes an accepted method of delivery, according ... efforts to broaden reimbursements to include many telemedicine procedures. "Because many elderly rely on Medicare to pay for their health-care expenses," Jakob...Iowa project links rural areas cross-state to top-notch medical advice
...ntaining or improving the quality of care by using telemedicine technology." NLM, the National Library of Medicine, provides funding for telemedicine projects around the nation.Dennis Harper, PhD, Project Investigator of the CIDP, says, "We are going......as to deliver advanced medical support with global telemedicine capabilities to one of the worlds most remote and ...ve sea level, for about three weeks. While there, telemedicine connections brought high resolution images, realtime interactive video, and audio communication to t...U-M, World Health Organization host telemedicine symposium
...ection for the orderly deployment of telemedicine on a local, regional, national and i...will set the strategic direction for telemedicine and telehealth for the next five to ten years. It is fitting to hold this world sympos...Not enough telling in telemedicine
...ople in remote, rural areas who are likely to have telemedicine encounters tend to be poorer and have less formal education compared to their urban and suburban counterparts. Street also notes that very little group discussion takes place in these encounters, possibly due to the actual construct of the en...UCSF, UC Davis establish joint pediatric heart center
...ed patient population is UC Davis well-established telemedicine program, said James Goodnight, MD, chair of UC Davis Department of Surgery. Consultations by teleconferencing will augment physician availability in Sacramento and allow for regular case discussion and evaluation. UC Davis already partners with many ...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...oday www.thelancet.com has measured the effects of telemedicine (the use of video-conferencing technology between patients, general practitioners, and specialists), and demonstrated that this new approach to specialist referral from primary care could result in a reduced need for follow-up tests and lead to grea...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...'s issue of THE LANCET has measured the effects of telemedicine (the use of video-conferencing technology between ...esearch, Tromso, Norway, concludes: "The future of telemedicine depends on wide regular use in the medical areas where telemedicine has been a success and shown to ...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces outstanding humanitarian service award recipients
...sive array of featured cases and fully functioning telemedicine consultation in all subspecialties. The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world's largest association of eye physicians and surgeons Eye M.D.s with more than 27,000 members. For more information about the Annual Meeting, visit the Academy'...NSF considers alternatives for treating ill South Pole worker
...and medical specialists in the United States via a telemedicine link to provide the necessary care. But concern that the individual's condition could possibly worsen has prompted NSF to develop contingency plans to evacuate the patient to the United States, where more advanced medical facilities are available. T......ers. They said it is an improvement over standard telemedicine monitoring that relies on regular landline telephones. And, it provides two-way convenience with both patients and physicians being able to check data or send messages at any time of the day. Researchers studied 38 men and 22 women, average age 50,...U of MN receives $1 million technology grant to expand assisted living services for the elderly
...l Assisted Living Umbrella for the Elderly (VALUE) telemedicine program will combine videoconferencing technology, Internet access, and home monitoring devices to provide assisted living services to frail elderly persons living independently in their home communities. These individuals will be able to retain the ...Diabetic eye screening bill based on Vanderbilt model
...echnology, retina photography, digital imaging and telemedicine for the detection of retinopathy. A typical fundoscopic camera is connected to digital technology so technicians can read the scans immediately and give feedback to the patients. In the VOIC store-and-forward process, several patients can be seen in ...Telemedicine and e-learning put communities in touch
...ging the Digital Divide. TeLeCare from Canada is a telemedicine project allowing remote patient diagnosis and monitoring via satellite. It allows nurses to videoconference with a patient several hundred kilometres away. The other project is the award winning 'Espresso for Schools'; this UK-based e-learning proje...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
...n Diabetes Center Affiliate Bahrain will leverage telemedicine technology that enables Joslin specialists in Boston to assess images of the retina using the Joslin Vision Network, a digital retinal evaluation tool that enables the early diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy. In addition, the Bahrain c...Stevens' Cattabiani helps link doctors, hospitals worldwide
...the former Yugoslavia. There he has helped provide telemedicine capabilities to local physicians, while his friend, Dr. S. Vincent Grasso, has imparted his expertise in laproscopic i.e., minimally invasive surgery. "Operation Outreach" in Zrenjanin, Serbia, was inspired by the success of earlier expeditions to ...Twelve scholars to receive support to strengthen the field of geriatric social work
...o exploring the use of video-phones as a geriatric telemedicine intervention. Race and minority issues are also a prominent theme in the scholars' projects. They will explore such topics as empowering African American elders with Diabetes and examine race disparities in health among older adults. In addition ...University of Pennsylvania Health System launches life-saving eICU technology
...care physicians intensivists via a comprehensive telemedicine system that includes early-warning software, order entry, clinical decision support, electronic documentation, and remote physiologic monitoring. Penn E-lert will be on-line first in the ICUs in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) ......tems for analytics, to newly developed tomographs, telemedicine and laser-technology - a perfect environment for E...al branches of the medical sector. The roots of telemedicine lie in space, where telemedicine was used to monitor the health of astronauts. ESA is at the forefro...