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Telehealth & e-Health
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E-mail effective for treating anxiety
E-mail therapy was found to be effective for treating anxiety patients, according to a trial of 62 patients conducted by professor Nazanin Alavi, M.D., of King's University in Ontario.
Colorado to pilot telemedicine for inmates
The Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Health Medical Center are gearing up for the launch next month of a telemedicine pilot for treating inmates.
Telemedicine on track for a mainstream breakthrough
All signs point to telemedicine entering the mainstream healthcare industry. Maybe it's fresh on my mind because the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference --which took place...
ATA's Ed Brown: Continued awareness will drive telemedicine
Every new healthcare program or initiative should be approached with a telemedicine angle in mind, according to American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown.
Should telemedicine have its own Meaningful Use?
What if there were a Meaningful Use program for telemedicine? Ryan Spaulding, director of telemedicine and telehealth at the University of Kansas Medical Center, posed that scenario during a public...
Telestroke program looks to robots to boost quality
Telestroke programs already have been proven to be able to improve access and care quality for patients, while also helping to save hospitals money. Now, five hospitals in California plan to use robots to boost such care efforts even further.
Why telemedicine must become 'integral' to mainstream care efforts
Telemedicine must move to the forefront of medical efforts in the U.S. for domestic care efficiency and quality improvements to be considered anything better than "marginal," according to an editorial published this month in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health .
ATA CEO: Telemedicine is a business tool
American Telemedicine Association CEO Jonathan Linkous said that the stage is set for making telemedicine "a profit center" during a session at this year's ATA International Meeting & Trade Show, held in Austin, Texas
AHRQ to examine how best to use patient-reported data
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will conduct research that will focus on the best methods for obtaining and using patient-reported information, according to a notice published today in the Federal Register .
Telehealth boosts self-efficacy, health behaviors for chronically ill
Telehealth chronic disease self-management programs can lead to improvements in self-efficacy, health behaviors, and health status for chronically ill patients, according to research published online ahead of print in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health .
