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2010 ATA Summit: Join the top leaders in telemedicine, health care
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The ATA Telemedicine Summit, held as part of the ATA Mid-Year Meeting (Sept. 27 and 28 in Baltimore) will feature the top movers and shakers who are changing the health care world. From funders to
industry captains to regulators to thought-leaders, this meeting brings together all of the key players in one spot. For 16 hours over two days you will hear about the future of health care and where telemedicine fits in. Get the inside information from the top leaders at the very beginning and start planning your future now! More
ATA 2011: Call for presentations now open
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The ATA International Meeting and Exposition is recognized throughout the world as the primary forum for the telemedicine industry. ATA's peer-reviewed educational program sets the standard for continuing medical education on the topics of telemedicine and telehealth. We invite you to submit an abstract to be considered for inclusion in the ATA 2011 educational program.
We invite abstracts on any topic relating to telemedicine and telehealth; however, abstracts that focus on outcomes and evidence, best practices and emerging applications for telemedicine and telehealth are of particular interest and will be highlighted in the 2011 program. Specific high priority areas of interest include health information exchange and mobile health.
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USDA telemedicine online forum — Share your thoughts on
federal involvement in telemedicine
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Several federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission, Rural Utilities Service, Health
and Human Services, and Veterans Administration, have supported telemedicine efforts. Now they are using social media to garner new ideas from the public about the power of it. This year is a tipping point in terms of federal investment, medical innovation, organizational interest and public awareness. These agencies are interested in learning from both the people receiving telemedicine-based services, as well as the people working with organizations that establish and use these systems to
provide care. A forum on the Department of Agriculture's open government site is devoted to "The Power of Telemedicine" and would like to hear from people using or interested in using telemedicine.
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New USAC improper payment program
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This summer USAC is launching a new activity called the Payment Quality Assurance Program that will assess rates of improper Universal Service Fund payments. Required of all selected USF beneficiaries, the program will enable USAC to make prompt, accurate estimates of improper payments at minimal costs in time and money to program participants.
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FCC approves plan to expand broadband for
health facilities
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Federal regulators are proposing changes to expand use of the $400 million government program that
subsidizes Internet services at hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities in rural areas. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously July 15 to consider changes to its rural health care program, one of four programs paid for by the $8 billion federal fund that subsidizes telecommunications services in poor and rural areas. The FCC said that despite great need for high-speed Internet connections at rural health care facilities, it believes the rural health care program
is underused because it has not reached its annual spending cap in the past.
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Mission Critical: Telemedicine in the ICU
For The Record
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Concerned about the labored breathing of a young surgical patient whose breathing tube recently had been removed, the fellow manning the overnight shift in Boston's MassGeneral Hospital for Children's
pediatric ICU placed a call to Dr. Phoebe Yager, the attending physician on call. But it wasn't just any call. It was a video-enabled "home-to-hospital" call that allowed Yager to assess the patient in conjunction with the unit team, establish that his breathing actually was improved compared with earlier in the day, and even reassure the boy's mother that he was indeed improving — all without losing valuable time commuting to assess the situation in person.
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Telemedicine an alternative to shortage of rural psychiatrists
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There are no psychiatrists anywhere in Mason County, Ill., but with the help of Mason District Hospital and Springfield health care providers, people with mental illnesses are receiving virtual visits from mental-health specialists an hour's drive away. With relatively inexpensive equipment that uses secure Internet connections, Mason District, a public hospital, has contracted with Springfield's Southern Illinois University School
of Medicine and Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center to provide live video interactions between psychiatrists and patients.
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Wisconsin funds telemedicine initiatives
Healthcare IT News
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Several nonprofit health organizations across Wisconsin will receive grants totaling $1 million from the state's Universal Service Fund Telemedicine program, Gov. Jim Doyle has announced. The program awards grants annually to nonprofit medical clinics, hospitals and public health agencies, which help clinics and hospitals purchase telecom equipment to promote advanced medical services and enhance access to medical care in
underserved areas. This year, 37 organizations requested approximately $3.8 million from the fund for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years, with 27 being selected as grant recipients.
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West Virginia veterans affairs center aims to expand telemedicine programs
The Charleston Gazette
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To see his patients, Dr. Drury Armistead sits down in front of his computer and opens a video feed. Armistead, a dermatologist with the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, is part of the
growing telehealth program that connects patients and doctors, no matter the distance. Two days a week, Armistead virtually examines patients at the VA medical centers in Altoona and Erie, Pa. — more than 100 miles away from his West Virginia office.
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meetings, interviews, collaborate with colleagues and clients without upsetting your normal business environment. Vu redefines telepresence, offering easy-to-use unheard of features. Do you Vu?
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Ah doctor, what exactly
does this entry mean?
HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
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In an effort to improve patient-doctor communication, researchers are launching a pilot program in which approximately 25,000 patients will have access to notes their doctors have made in their medical records. The "OpenNotes" initiative has enrolled 100 primary-care doctors in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington state to participate for a 12-month test period starting this summer.
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Report: Wi-Fi use in health care highest in US
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More than 500,000 wireless local area networks will be implemented in the U.S. health care market this year, representing a 50 percent increase from a year ago, a recent report showed. Globally, Wi-Fi technology in health care increased 60 percent, according to the report by ABI Research, a technology market research firm based in New York City. The U.S. is still ahead of every other region analyzed by ABI.
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HHS to create online inventory of research on effective treatments
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The Department of Health and Human Services plans to develop a national inventory of research on the treatments and medical interventions that are most
effective for patients. The collection of comparative effectiveness research and information will be available through a searchable online tool to physicians, policymakers and the public, according to a request for information posted July 16. The inventory will be a "living document" by providing access for interested individuals and organizations and enabling a method for updating the research and identifying priorities for future research, HHS said in the announcement.
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Excellus study advocates prescriptions filled via e-mail
Democrat and Chronicle
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The percentage of physicians across the nation who prescribe medication electronically doubled between 2008 and 2009, but fewer than 1 in 4 uses an e-prescribing system. Those figures were released July 13 in a report by insurance company Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. If all physicians in the upstate New York region began using e-prescribing systems,more than 2 million adverse reactions or events could be avoided each year, the
report said.
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Health IT community reacts to final rule on temporary e-health record certification
iHealthBeat
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 Last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a final rule on a temporary program to approve organizations to test and certify electronic health records under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package. In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Pat McConahay, health IT experts react to the final
rule.
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Should prescribers be able to use e-prescribing technology for controlled substances?
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Ninety-three percent of health IT professionals surveyed believe that clinicians should be able to use electronic prescribing technology to prescribe controlled substances, according to a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey. Four percent of respondents said that clinicians should not be able to use e-prescribing technology for controlled substances, while 3 percent said they did not know whether prescribers
should be allowed to electronically prescribe controlled substances.
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