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NewsExpert: Telemedicine doesn't have to be expensive
Physicians should get more involved in telemedicine, enterprise software expert and former technology company executive Shahid Shah said recently on his Health IT Guy blog. And they don't Read more...
Despite wider acceptance, barriers to robotic telemedicine remain
Regulatory and financial barriers continue to hinder adoption of robotic telemedicine in emergency and critical care medicine, according to a new study in the January/February edition of Telemedicine Read more...
Nurses: Communication, personal relationships key to eICU success
Telehealth visits might be virtual, but to be most effective they also should be personal, critical care nurses said in a recent survey published in the American Journal of Critical Care. Most nurses Read more...
Remote patient monitoring market to hit $295M by 2015
New research from Frost & Sullivan predicts that remote patient monitoring will continue to play a significant role in transforming healthcare. In fact, it says the market for remote monitoring Read more...
Telemedicine adoption picks up as costs fall, quality rises
With costs falling and video quality rapidly improving, more healthcare providers are taking a serious look at videoconferencing for telemedicine, helping to standardize the field while also Read more...
Telemedicine speeds treatment of heart ailments
Remote interpretation of pediatric echocardiograms via telemedicine helped speed diagnosis and treatment of potentially serious heart conditions in hundreds of young patients, according to a study Read more...
FCC urged to reconsider narrowing of 'rural hospital' definition
Three entities serving healthcare or handling healthcare data are among the final 14 recipients of Department of Commerce stimulus funding to increase broadband access and adoption in underserved Read more...
Still no consensus on patient use of Internet for health information
"I think patients are savvy enough to realize everything they read on the Internet is not the gospel and they should take it with a grain of salt," Charlotte, N.C., internist Dr. Marshall Silverman Read more...
CMS delays Joint Commission telemedicine rules until 2011
CMS has pushed back a deadline for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals to implement telemedicine performance and credentialing standards, less than two months before the planned compliance date. Read more...
Telemed, remote monitoring, robotics, social media represent true health reform
Finally, someone said it. "[P]ublic discourse on health reform is almost entirely focused on the whole [the unsustainable costs and inadequate health outcomes] at the expense of a focus on the parts Read more...
| Press ReleasesRed Tape a Major Barrier to the Use of Telemedicine, Study ShowsPHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement are among the obstacles keeping hospitals from choosing to implement potentially lifesaving telemedicine programs, Read more >> Decatur General Hospital & Specialists On Call Partner to Deliver High Tech Care to Stroke PatientsPartnership Provides Neurologists to Patients’ Bedsides via 24/7/365 Teleneurology Service DECATUR, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), the nation’s leading provider of clinical Read more >> Advanced ICU Care® to Lead Society of Critical Care Medicine Webcast, January 12, 2012The Role and Impact of Telemedicine on Patient Safety, Quality Care and Clinical Performance in the ICU to Be Explored ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An aging population. Too few intensivists. Read more >> Out With The Old, In With The New – Another TeleHealth Industry First For CJPS HealthcareAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In yet another unprecedented move, CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment (www.CJPS.com) announces a new Trade-Up program. This announcement comes on the Read more >> Mary Jo Gorman, M.D., M.B.A. Selected for the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ ProgramCEO and founder of Advanced ICU Care is First Winner from Missouri ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mary Jo Gorman, M.D., M.B.A., chief executive officer and founder of Advanced ICU Care, has been named Read more >> |
