Telehealth

Also known as telemedicine, this area of care helps connect doctors and patients remotely, without requiring in-person visits. This virtual care strategy is beneficial for managing chronic conditions, delivering lab test or diagnostic imaging results, post-surgical follow-ups, assessing skin conditions, online counseling and many other healthcare services. It also can improve care, care access and outcomes for patients.

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Expect rapid growth for telehealth, mHealth markets

Both the telehealth and mobile health (mHealth) markets are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years, according to market researcher GlobalData.

Software pairs smartphone, Twitter to enable remote stroke consults

Mobile phone-based software may allow physicians to manage and consult on stroke cases in real time from anywhere in the world, according to a study presented at the ninth annual meeting of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery in San Diego.

WHO: Telehealth use developing in low- and middle-income countries

Various types of information communication technology (ICT) are being employed by private organizations to address key health system challenges. However, for successful implementation, more sustainable sources of funding, greater support for the adoption of new technologies and better ways of evaluating impact are required, according to an article published in the May 1 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

Small Oregon hospital rides robotic telehealth to ECRI device award

With the right technology deployed in the right way, such that the combo demonstrably improves care across a patient population, even a small hospital can bring about big changeincluding convincing a state medical board to revise a once-unbendable rule.

AIM: With underwhelming benefits, telehealth merits cautious approach

The use of home telehealth programs reducing emergency department (ED) is being debated in the latest Archives of Internal Medicine.

Large Blue Cross group trying telehealth

Highmark, a Blue Cross & Blue Shield operation based in Pittsburgh, has launched a pilot telehealth program for a sampling of its 4.8 million members.

Getting Rural Care There with Telehealth

Improvements in reimbursement, falling equipment prices and pushes for better infrastructure are driving the penetration of telehealth. Rural counties across the U.S. are improving care and saving money through such telehealth services as videoconferencing and remote monitoring. The utilization of these practices will only increase in prevalence, reaching patients in every nook and cranny.

UC Davis teams with Mexican state for telehealth services

University of California (UC) Davis Health System in Sacramento, Calif., has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, to partner to improve the healthcare of its residents through the exchange of ideas, data and research on telehealth, scientific and technical development and neurodevelopmental disorders.

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