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Technologies help adult children monitor aging parents The New York Times Share     In the wee hours of July 14, Elizabeth Roach, a 70-year-old widow, got out of bed and went to the living room of her Virginia ranch home. She sat in her favorite chair for 15 minutes, then returned to bed. She rose again shortly after 6, went to the kitchen, plugged in the coffee pot, showered and took her weight and blood pressure. All this information — including her exact weight (126 pounds) and blood pressure reading (139/98) — was transmitted via the Internet to her 44-year-old son, Michael Murdock, who reviewed it from his home office in suburban Denver. More
mHealth: Telemedicine delivers patient decision support Health Imaging & IT Share
Mobile health care technology is delivering decision support right now, but it's not all for clinicians, according to panelists at the World Congress Second Annual Leadership Summit on mHealth in Boston. Given the opportunity, many patients will become more engaged in their care, proposed Katherine Clark, RN, manger of telemedicine at Englewood Hospital Home Health and Hospice Services; Dr. Joseph C. Kveder, founder and director of the Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare in Boston; and Alexander M. Nason, Ph.D., program director of Johns Hopkins Medicine Interactive and director of telehealth at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. More Teledermatology offers advantages to patients, physicians ModernMedicine Share
As teledermatology gains acceptance throughout the health care field, dermatologists must ensure that they and their residents are comfortable with this technology, according to one expert. With 42 percent of Americans living in areas underserved by dermatologists, says Dr. John Bocachica, "A qualitative study led by a research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests that patients want full access to all of their medical records; are willing to make some privacy concessions in the interest of making their medical records completely transparent; and, going forward, fully expect that computers will play a major role in their medical care, even substituting for face-to-face doctor visits." More
USAC launches Payment Quality Assurance Program USAC Share
The Payment Quality Assurance Program enables the Universal Service Administrative Company to provide accurate, timely information about improper payments to the Federal Communications Commission, as required by the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. Under this program, USAC assesses specific payments made to beneficiaries in all four Universal Service Fund programs to determine if these payments were made in accordance with program rules. Using results of these assessments, USAC calculates estimates of improper payment rates across entire USF programs and provides this information to the FCC. More Officials launch inmate treatment program for HIV using telemedicine Chicago Tribune Share
State officials have started a telemedicine pilot program to treat HIV and hepatitis C at three Illinois correctional centers and hope to expand the program. The Illinois Department of Corrections and University of Illinois at Chicago have partnered for it. It's called the "Telemedicine Pilot Program" and is currently at correctional centers in Danville, Lincoln and Robinson. It works like this. More
Mental health options expand with telepsychiatry The Times-Journal Share
New technology is now in place to improve access to mental health services in DeKalb County, Ala. Those services currently are limited to students in Fort Payne City and DeKalb County schools, but there are plans to expand access in the future. Teleconferencing equipment is now in place at the DeKalb Youth Service Center in Rainsville that allows for real-time consultations between psychiatrists from the University of Alabama and local patients. DYSC director Thomas Whitten said this makes a greater level of mental health care available for Fort Payne and DeKalb students. More Lower costs, better technology enable Portland hospitals to extend telemedicine links across Oregon The Oregonian Share
When Patricia Dittman suffered a stroke recently at her Newberg home, she was 40 miles from a hospital with a specialized center qualified to treat the dire medical emergency. But she still was examined within minutes by means of an interactive video link from the hospital in Newberg to a stroke neurologist in Portland. Dr. Lisa Yanase noted the one-sided paralysis of Dittman's face and tried to ask her questions. Using a laptop computer linked by a high-speed wireless Internet connection, Yanase swiveled a camera in the emergency room in Newberg and zoomed in to view her patient's medical chart. More Telehealth demo in Boston will involve patients with congestive heart failure Healthcare IT News Share
Patients who have been hospitalized for congestive heart failure may benefit from a "Home Telehealth" demonstration project set to take place in the Greater Boston area that aims at testing the efficacy of home-based monitoring equipment for older adults with chronic illnesses. The project is being funded by a 100,000 grant from the Center for Technology and Aging, which was awarded to the New England Healthcare Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that conducts evidence-based research. More
Telemedicine program focuses on Parkinson's disease Press & Sun-Bulletin Share
Outside of big cities, it can be tough to find a specialist in Parkinson's disease. That's why the Susquehanna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is teaming up with the University of Rochester and Johns Hopkins University for a telemedicine program specializing in Parkinson's and other neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Kevin Biglan, an associate professor of neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and research assistant Nicholas Scoglio paid a visit to the Riverside Drive facility July 30 to outline how the program works. More FCC, Boeing argue over use of bandwidth for remote monitoring iHealthBeat Share
General Electric's health care unit has requested that the Federal Communications Commission allow data collected from patients' remote monitoring devices to be transmitted across a bandwidth that currently is being used by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to test airplane safety, Bloomberg reports. Remote monitoring systems allow for wireless transmission of a patient's vital signs, including heart rate and blood-oxygen levels. More GE, Intel to offer telemedicine for senior citizens The Bellingham Herald Share
Intel Corp. and General Electric on Aug. 2 announced the formation of a Sacramento, Calif.-based joint venture focused on telemedicine and independent living. The new company could be operational by the end of the year, the companies announced. The new company will build on the alliance announced in April 2009 between Intel and GE to promote independent living and managing chronic disease. More
Telestroke machine comes to Gold Beach, Ore. Curry County Reporter Share
Imagine receiving a face-to-face consultation with the top neurologist in the Northwest and having personal access to his or her supporting team of physicians and medical staff — without leaving Curry County. With Curry Health Network's new telemedicine program, now you can. This new program allows highly trained medical specialists to perform consultations and examinations on patients in remote hospitals via an interactive audiovisual system. More A flu vaccine that could be delivered by mail Toronto Star Share
Sometime soon your annual flu vaccine may come to you by mail in the form of a microneedle patch, thanks to the work of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University. The patch is like a Band-Aid with tiny needles no bigger than the width of a hair, which are made up of a polymer substance that's water soluble, according to Mark Prausnitz, a chemical and bio-chemical engineer and professor at Georgia Institute of Technology. More Mayo Clinic to open social media center Star Tribune Share
Mayo Clinic is opening a Center for Social Media to train other health care organizations to use Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to connect patients and doctors. The new center will run workshops, offer consulting and host conferences. The move into social media is an unusual one in the hospital industry. Hospitals tend to be conservative organizations jealously guarding their public image, and social media continues to make many hospital executives uncomfortable: What if an employee says something wrong? What if a patient says something bad about the hospital? More |
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