February 15, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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According to a team of researcher from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and elsewhere, the Microsoft Kinect, which is used as a gesture-based game controller for the Xbox 360 system, has the potential to act as a telemedicine device and save the healthcare industry billions.
February 8, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Massachusetts Governor’s office recently announced the creation of a telehealth nursing center, which aims to help victims of sexual assault by providing around-the-clock medical assistance in sexual assault treatment services to providers who do not offer anything in this area. It’s being called the Massachusetts Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Telenursing Center and is getting $3.3 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice.
February 6, 2013 David Raths
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With legislative activity burgeoning at the state level and a comprehensive bill introduced in the last session of Congress, telehealth advocates believe they have momentum to push for inclusion.
January 6, 2013 David Raths
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Are technological, social and economic forces chipping away at the hospital’s place in our healthcare system? Is the future of the community hospital uncertain? What might new models of care look like? Make suggestions during Institute for the Future's game to join the dialogue.
January 4, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has endorsed a bill announced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives that would increase federal support and payments for telehealth services. The bill, the Telehealth Promotion Act of 2012 was sponsored by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA 1), and would establish a federal reimbursement policy, which would preclude the exclusion of service solely because it was provided via a telecommunications system.
December 18, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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For advocates of rural health IT, last week was an interesting one to say the least. There was hope for the future, and a look at the reality of the current situation. While the FCC announced the creation of the Healthcare Connect Fund, the GAO reported on a digital divide when it comes to Medicaid EHR incentive payments.
December 11, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently announced a partnership with three minority legislative caucuses to educate lawmakers and introduce model legislation for telehealth in statehouses around the country. ATA’s partnership, with the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL), the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) and the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), is aiming maximize state-government support of telemedicine.
November 28, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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More than 400 healthcare facilities across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont will participate in a new telehealth network. The effort is buoyed by Ethernet services from the Portland, Maine-based FairPoint Communications, a broadband internet network provider. It will aim to strengthen the New England Telehealth Consortium’s (NETC), which is a three-state group that has been awarded a $24.6 million Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural Health Care Pilot Program award to bring telemedicine to the region.
November 8, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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A recent report, from various researchers at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix and elsewhere, looked at how telemedicine could be used to diagnosis concussions among rural-area high school students. The report, "Teleconcussion: An Innovative Approach to Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” looked at how doctors of a 15-year-old boy in Arizona effectively used telemedicine tools to evaluate and determine his concussion symptoms.
October 17, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Health eVillages, a Marlborough, Mass.-based not-for-profit which provides mobile health technology to physicians in underserved areas, announced a new partnership that will deliver audio and video medical education to clinicians in remote areas. The partnership is with the Birmingham, Al.-based Oakstone Publishing, which provides multimedia continuing education materials for physicians.
October 16, 2012
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According to new research from Mountain View, Calif.-based Frost & Sullivan, the telehealth industry is in the middle of a transformation from a secret to becoming one of the most in-demand methods of treatment for patients. The research, Analysis of the North American Telehealth Industry, looks at the top five telehealth markets in North America and finds overall, the industry could generate more than $1.9 billion in revenue.
October 10, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Blue Shield of California has teamed up with the Dallas-based telehealth solutions provider, Teladoc, to bring telehealth services to 350,000 Californians. The people receiving the telehealth will be California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) members, through Blue Shield’s HMO plan. They will be able to access Teladoc’s network of California-based, state-licensed, board-certified physicians, 24 hours per day, and seven days a week on the phone, and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week through online video.
