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conference highlights global telemedicine efforts
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The field of telemedicine is expanding worldwide, according to experts at ATA's 15th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Healthcare IT News reports. The event, which took place in San Antonio, included more than 3,000 attendees from at least 35 countries. Karen Rheuban — president of ATA and medical director of the University of Virginia's Office of Telemedicine — said the new health reform law and the 2009 economic stimulus package, as
well as recent efforts by CMS to improve relations with ATA, have generated an "understanding and receptive audience" to telehealth services in the U.S. and elsewhere. More
Execs view telehealth as game changer
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Through the use of telehealth technology, the U.S. health care delivery systems will undergo a significant transformation that will improve health care outcomes and cut costs, a new study shows. The
study, conducted by research firm Penn Schoen Berland on behalf of Intel, interviewed 75 C-level executives at hospitals, home health organizations and insurance companies. Among the findings, 89 percent of health care decision-makers believe telehealth will transform health care in the next 10 years.
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'ePediatrics' something parents want
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"ePediatrics" could become more common, as parents are requesting more electronic communication with their children's doctors, according to a new poll. According to a national poll by C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., about one-half of parents think it would be very helpful to be able to accomplish administrative and clinical tasks such as requesting records or prescription refills through e-mail or online.
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Iowa clinics use telehealth system to counsel, dispense abortion pills
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Small Planned Parenthood clinics around Iowa are using a remote-control, pill-dispensing system to make abortions available in areas where few doctors offer them. The first-in-the-nation system allows a Planned Parenthood physician from Des Moines to visit with each patient by videoconference and then press a computer button to open a drawer in front of the
patient, who could be seated up to 190 miles away. The patient then reaches into the drawer and withdraws the abortion pills.
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In what area will health IT have the most impact as a result of health care reform?
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Forty-one percent of health IT professionals surveyed believe health IT will improve health care quality as a result of the new health reform law, according to a new Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society survey. The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, signed into law March 23, details several areas in which health IT should be able to improve health care.
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VA to develop clinical kiosk for patient self-assessment
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The Veterans Affairs Department plans to develop a kiosk-based system for its mental health clinics that would allow patients who have limited computer literacy or cognitive disabilities to conduct self-assessments of their conditions. With the audio and Web-based system, patients would sit at kiosks in VA health centers and, using a console and browser, conduct the assessment as part of their routine mental health care.
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FCC, FDA, HHS also working on telehealth
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The Veterans Affairs Department operates the largest telehealth program in the world, but other federal agencies are involved with the technology and supporting policies. The Federal Communications Commission recently released a National Broadband Plan that contains telehealth provisions. The Food and Drug Administration began considering regulations for mobile health devices. And the Health and Human Services Department is setting
up telehealth pilot and innovation programs that were established by the Obama administration's health care reform legislation.
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Parents to doctors: Send e-mail
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Fifty percent of U.S. parents say they welcome e-communications with their child's doctor, a U.S. survey indicates. However, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System report many
physicians are reluctant to use e-communications. Dr. Matthew Davis, director of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, says less than 15 percent of parents report they currently are able to use e-mail or the Internet to schedule appointments, receive immunization or lab records, complete screening forms, or request prescription refills.
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France sets model for efficient screening of diabetic retinopathy
Endocrine Today
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France is meeting the challenge of fast-growing rates of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy by setting up screening and eye care programs based on task transfer, networking and telemedicine. "In France,
there are currently more than 2.5 million diabetic patients, accounting for about 4 percent of the population," said Dr. Pascale Massin at the meeting of the French Society of Ophthalmology. "The yearly average increase is 5.7 percent."
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The problem for telehealth is getting paid
ZDNet
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While the health reform battle was billed as one about who pays for care, the real issue underlying it was always how care is paid for, what you might call the business model of care. The fee for service model provides incentives to do more care, to run more tests, and the threat of malpractice encourages this. But it was driving costs through the roof, and
even the industry has known for years it must be changed.
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US rural hospitals utilizing telehealth for ICU support
Healthcare IT News
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Three U.S. hospitals now are depending on a new trend in health IT to help them overcome a clinician shortage in rural areas: electronic intensive care units. Grinnell Regional Medical Center, in Grinnell, Iowa; Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, in Kodiak, Alaska; and Union Hospital, in Clinton, Ind., are taking part in the eICU Program, developed by Philips VISICU, to help monitor patients and provide care to those located
in rural areas.
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Study: Physician rating websites mainly sing doctors' praises
Los Angeles Times
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Many doctors were considerably worried when websites began to pop up allowing consumers to rate their doctors. They feared disgruntled patients would harm their reputations and ruin their practices. Some even ask their patients to sign a "gag order" prohibiting them from expressing their opinions of the doctor on the Internet. But a new study urges doctors to remain calm.
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