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2010 ATA Summit: Network with leaders who are transforming telemedicine, health care American Telemedicine Association Share     ATA's Summit (part of the ATA Mid-Year Meeting, Sept. 27 to 28 in Baltimore) will identify the swift changes under way in health care delivery and the specific opportunities they provide for those involved in telemedicine. Pathways to take advantage of these new opportunities will be highlighted. The agenda will include a lineup of all-star speakers from many perspectives in health care: government, payer, consumer, provider and industry. For the first time, senior management from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the Health Resources and Services Administration and other major federal programs will be actively participating in a telemedicine meeting, signifying a significant shift in federal public policy. Also participating will be senior leaders from regulators and private payers. More
ATA 2011 Call for Presentations now open — abstracts accepted through Sept. 15 American Telemedicine Association Share
ATA's 2011 International Annual Meeting and Exposition will be held May 1 to 3 in Tampa, Fla. This is the premiere forum for the health care industry to discuss clinical, technical and business issues related to telemedicine. The meeting includes hundreds of presentations, posters, workshops and exhibits. If you are involved with telemedicine technology solutions for health care, the ATA Annual Meeting is the single-most important event of the year. More than 3,500 attendees from across the globe are expected. Scores of new presenters will participate in ATA 2011, keeping your personal continuing education experience fresh and relevant. The 2011 Call for Presentations is open; the abstract submission deadline is Sept. 15, 2010. More Center for Connected Health symposium: Mapping the way ahead American Telemedicine Association Share
Come join the Center for its seventh annual Connected Health Symposium, Oct. 21 to 22 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. More than 1,000 health care and technology leaders, reimbursement and HR executives, policymakers and entrepreneurs will discuss and debate the means of moving care beyond the hospital and clinic and into the day-to-day lives of those who need our help. Breakout sessions and keynote presentations will take a hard look at payment reform, provider accountability, patient self-management, and the technology tools available and in development to address these pressing issues. More
As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle coming boom The Washington Post Share
 Imagine a 75-year-old receiving wireless medication reminders, straight to his beeping wristband. Or an 80-year-old with a new hip, linked by body sensors to a device embedded in her carpet that tracks her movement patterns in case her mobility worsens. In the
future, we are going to start seeing telemedicine "as part of the medical home," says Dale Alverson, medical director at the Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research at the University of New Mexico.
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Senate VA panel OKs bill to waive veterans' co-pays for telehealth Government Executive Share
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee approved legislation Aug. 5 that would expand Veterans Affairs Department health care professionals' collective bargaining rights relating to compensation issues. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the language as an amendment to a bill (S. 3325) that would waive co-payments for veterans using telehealth or telemedicine services. Brown also had introduced a stand-alone bill (S. 3486) on the collective bargaining issue. More
Remote monitoring benefit affirmed in heart failure MedPage Today Share
 Keeping an eye on heart failure patients with remote monitoring technology between visits can improve outcomes, according to a Cochrane review. All-cause mortality in heart failure patients fell with telemonitoring and to a lesser degree with structured telephone support, found Sally C. Inglis, BHSc, of Baker IDI Heart
and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues. Heart failure-related hospitalizations dropped with both telemonitoring and structured telephone support, they reported in the Cochrane Library.
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British patients click online to see doctor The Associated Press via The Washington Post Share
The doctor will see you now — just click here. In Britain, an increasing number of websites are pushing the boundaries of online medicine, with at least a dozen sites offering consultations and medication most countries only allow during in-person visits or remote ones with the help of a webcam or telephone call. The sites are completely legal and fall under the jurisdiction of a regulator called the Care Quality commission. Not surprisingly, the most in-demand drugs are for erectile dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases and hair loss. More
FDA grants approval to mobile phone app for managing diabetes The Gazette Share
A Baltimore company has won a key federal regulatory approval for its diabetes management software system, which it plans to start marketing early next year. "This is a big milestone," said Christopher Bergstrom, chief strategy and commercial development officer for WellDoc. WellDoc said it has received 501(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its DiabetesManager System. The system is designed to provide patients who have type 2 diabetes and their physicians with real-time data about blood-sugar levels and other indicators, along with immediate nutritional and other guidelines to manage the disease. More What types of physician practices have access to electronic prescribing systems? iHealthBeat Share
In 2008, 30.1 percent of solo practice physicians reported access to electronic prescribing systems, compared with 36.8 percent of physicians in practices with two to five doctors, 44.1 percent of physicians in practices with six to 10 doctors and 48.7 percent of physicians in practices with 11 to 100 doctors, according to a recent Center for Studying Health System Change report. The survey found that 68 percent of physicians in practices with more than 100 doctors reported access to e-prescribing systems, while 43.9 percent of hospital-owned practices, 54.9 percent of medical school practices and 91.5 percent of group/staff HMOs had access to such technology. More
Wireless sensor watches blood sugar for diabetics Reuters Share
Researchers have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information without wires — a milestone, they said, in diabetes treatment. The device worked in one pig for more than a year and in another for nearly 10 months with no trouble, they reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine. It takes the diabetes field a step closer to development of an "artificial pancreas" — a device that can replace natural functions to control how the body handles blood sugar. More University of Tennessee ophthalmologist develops program to automate the analysis of potential eye problems The Commercial Appeal Share
Dr. Edward Chaum's cell phone buzzed. He checked it and spun around to his office computer. Then and there, he diagnosed and prescribed care for five eye patients in about three minutes. Chaum, an ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Hamilton Eye Institute, was using a program partly of his own making. The technology, called Telemedical Retinal Image Analysis and Diagnosis or TRIAD, is a kind of search engine that uses the features of many images rather than words. More
Minnesota, North Dakota receive more than $60 million to improve Internet service Grand Forks Herald Share
A push by the Department of Agriculture to increase rural access to broadband Internet service is the 21st-century version of the 1930s federal effort to bring electricity to farms and remote areas across the country. That's what Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told reporters in a conference call as he announced a $1.2 billion USDA investment into 126 broadband infrastructure projects in 38 states and several American Indian reservations. The announcement included more than $60 million of federal funding for projects in rural areas of Minnesota and North Dakota. More What percentage of health care providers recommend health websites to patients? iHealthBeat Share
Eighty-three percent of online registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses report recommending health-related websites to patients in 2010, compared with 59 percent of online physicians, according to a new Manhattan Research report. The study also found that nearly 90 percent of online RNs and APRNs visited a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or device website in the past 12 months. More |
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