telehealth

Ivana Schnur, M.D./ Ph.D.

This week, Ivana Schnur explains Sense.ly's Remote Assesment Hub for virtual visits with real care. Sense.ly is a virtual online nurse equipped with a set of remote diagnostic tools. Using speech recognition, augmented reality, and medical devices, Sense.ly can quickly assess a patient’s condition and provide caregivers with relevant insights for meaningful follow-up.[read more]

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For most of last week, the US and the world were getting news that led them to expect a long, drawn out search for the people involved in planning and executing the Boston marathon bombings. Surprisingly, on Thursday evening starting at 5pm Eastern Time things started moving very quickly. And by Friday evening, one suspect had been killed and the other captured.[read more]

Hospital readmissions are of major concern and account for a large portion of preventable healthcare costs. Is telehealth the answer or at least a viable option in conjunction with other alternatives?[read more]

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Every week, I hear about more telehealth, telemedicine, and mHealth solutions in the marketplace – many with their own innovative approach to solving healthcare issues. Yet many of these innovations are struggling to get the traction they hoped for. Many providers of telehealth or mHealth solutions are not getting the adoption or utilization they need to succeed, let alone survive.[read more]

On the awareness front, I would expect 20% of healthcare administrators, physicians, and other clinicians to be able to cite at least 1 example of a telehealth solution being used identify at least 2 ways that telehealth could be used (e.g. what kinds of technology used for what clinical purposes), AND list 3 or more potential benefits of telehealth[read more]

John Holland

Today, John Holland, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Research at AMC Health, talks about patient telemonitoring. AMC Health's remote patient monitoring systems are used in chronic disease care, post-discharge programs and recently won FDA approval to be used in a clinical study.[read more]

When hospitals and health systems are starting, growing, or reviving telehealth (or telemedicine or mHealth) programs, one issue eventually comes up – should telehealth be a separate department or should it be integrated into various clinical departments?[read more]

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Since legacy rules hamper rather than facilitate the emergence of a useful new technology, perhaps it’s reasonable to look to other mechanisms to nurture telehealth’s growth with financial incentives.[read more]

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No matter how you feel about what has been going on in Washington, the people providing telehealth care at rural health clinics, members of the National Rural Healthcare Association, are breathing sighs of relief today.[read more]

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It may seem like science fiction from an episode of the once popular futuristic cartoon series The Jetsons, but virtual doctor visits are now here. As chronicled in a recent New York Times article, insurers are now rolling out services where patients can interact with physicians via webcams and receive treatment for minor illnesses.[read more]

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Last Thursday, the Georgia Composite Medical Board took up its proposed telemedicine rule, one that would definitely limit telemedicine in that state.[read more]

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In medicine, the “second opinion” is often an important step for a patient deciding on an ideal course of treatment. The opinion of a second physician can help avoid problems such as misdiagnosis, as well as give the patient peace of mind in knowing that a recommended procedure is the best course of treatment and is agreed upon by more than one professional.[read more]