Search Tag: telemedicine
2018 27 Nov
ICU telemedicine traces its beginnings to the 1970s, when an intensivist at a university hospital connected to a single small ICU using audio-visual technology to remotely conduct daily patient rounds and weekly teaching rounds with the local staff. This technology-based strategy is intended to improve patient care and outcomes, by extending the reach...Read more
2018 07 Nov
Critical care is both resource intensive and costly, consuming nearly 15 percent of all hospital costs in the United States. With the demand for critical care outpacing the supply of intensivists in the setting of the ageing U.S. population, ICU telemedicine has been proposed as an intervention that may help alleviate this workforce crisis....Read more
2018 19 Sep
In a new survey by Reaction Data, telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) are seen as the top tech innovations that will have the most disruptive impact on healthcare. Twenty-nine percent of healthcare executives who participated in the survey said that telemedicine will be the biggest disruptor, followed by AI (selected by 20 percent...Read more
2018 25 Jan
Is the “Smart Hospital” a chance for change? Prof. Heinemann explains how futuristic and smart technologies that are used in preventive and diagnostic healthcare, are embedded in a new digital professionalism and quality. Artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnostic radiology, robots in nursing and operating theatres, augmented and virtual reality...Read more
2017 28 Nov
FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will soon be providing pre-hospital diagnostics across the Scottish Highlands as part of the innovative SatCare trial. This study aims to combine POC ultrasound and advanced communications to enable remote image interpretation and decision making for a range of time-critical conditions....Read more
2017 24 Nov
Recent developments in the United States have led to growing utilisation of telehealth in an array of clinical settings. Congress has taken some positive steps, with some regulation hurdles for reimbursement and crossing state lines getting cleared. Meanwhile, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma highlighted the importance of using telehealth during natural...Read more
2017 15 Apr
With rapid advancement in technology, it is expected that hospital structure and function are likely to change as well. Here are 10 possible changes that are envisioned for hospitals in developed countries as they continue to evolve: 1. Smaller and More Specialised Hospitals - Hospitals are expected to become smaller with fewer hospital beds....Read more
2016 05 Dec
In a unanimous vote, 97-0, the U.S. Senate recently approved the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act, paving the way for a national network of hub-and-spoke telemedicine platforms to provide education and collaboration opportunities for healthcare providers in hard-to-reach areas. The ECHO Act aims to make University of New Mexico's...Read more
2016 13 Nov
Radiology Without Borders: A Russian Viewpoint Today teleradiology is an essential and indispensable part of radiology. Teleradiology enhances efficacy of our service, makes our diagnosis more timely and accurate, saves time and money, helps to overcome some temporal or regional shortages of trained radiologists and—last but not least—it is...Read more
2017 05 Apr
Med-e-Tel is an event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH), THE international federation of national associations who represent their country's Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders. The ISfTeH exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth, to provide access...Read more
2016 15 Nov
EHiN-FH 2016 is a cooperation of EHiN and the European Telemedicine Conference (ETC 2016), hosted by IKT-Norge and the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Care Services and many other partners.Read more
2016 29 Aug
Despite widespread ecardiology applications, research is showing smaller effects as assessment becomes more robust. It is becoming difficult to demonstrate added value other than patient preference and convenience, according to experts speaking at the European Congress of Cardiology in Rome this week. When cardiac patients are not attending rehabilitation...Read more
2016 16 Aug
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $6 million to telehealth projects in rural communities to improve access to quality health care in rural communities. The telehealth funds which total $6,286,264 are part of a $16 million package aimed at expanding use of telehealth technology for veterans and other patients,...Read more
2016 27 Jun
Six European Union (EU) countries have asked the eHealth Network for a road map on telemedicine interoperability across borders. In a letter to the eHealth Network, healthcare leaders from Denmark, Norway, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Catalonia have said they support the furtherment of telemedicine and in employing it on a large scale but want “cross...Read more
2016 17 Jun
The American Medical Association is urging telemedicine training to be part of medical school curricula, an announcement it made days after releasing new telemedicine guidance on physician responsibilities. Telemedicine training should be incorporated at both the undergraduate and graduate levels as a core competency, according to the association's...Read more
2016 17 Jun
New ethical guidance adopted today at the American Medical Association's (AMA) Annual Meeting will help physicians understand how their fundamental responsibilities may play out differently when patient interactions occur through telemedicine, compared to traditional patient interactions at a medical office or hospital. The new ethical guidance on telehealth...Read more
2016 07 Jun
eHealth Week 2016 has kicked off in Amsterdam with over 2,000 international experts in IT and healthcare, public institutions, professional and patient organisations taking part. “The diversity of topics and themes that are being covered at eHealth Week this year in Amsterdam will ensure that every single person attending will take many valuable...Read more
2016 30 May
A study published in Telemedicine and e-Health Telemedicine says that telemedicine is an option for treating diabetics in prison populations. Researchers from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse based their findings on a study of telemedicine visits at 15 prison facilities in New York state between an endocrinologist and 106 male diabetic...Read more
2016 16 May
About a quarter of healthcare providers said their virtual care programmes – telemedicine and telehealth – are financially sustainable and are improving efficiency, patient volumes and loyalty by filling gaps in medical specialties or helping chronically-ill patients, according to a poll conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm Telehealth,...Read more
2016 14 Mar
Ultrawide field imaging helps to determine which patients need follow-up examinations or treatment. In a national clinical trial led by Joslin Diabetes Centre’s Beetham Eye Institute, ultrawide field (UWF) scanning technology significantly improved the ability of experts at a remote central location to identify diabetic retinopathy in a patient,...Read more
2016 26 Apr
Welcome to the International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT 2016). The conference ICCMIT'16 organized by the Universal Society of Applied Research (USAR). The International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT 2016) aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers,...Read more