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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TeleHealth Services boosts graphics

TeleHealth Services, a provider of healthcare televisions and interactive patient education tools, has enhanced the graphic capabilities in its TIGR interactive patient education system.

ATA recognizes telehealth leaders

The American Telemedicine Association announced today the winners of the 2011 ATA Annual Awards. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for their contributions to the development of telemedicine.

Urban Telehealth: Ready to Fly?

Despite promising results from pilot programs among underserved populations in urban areas, telehealth hasnt taken off. The barriers arent always technical: for example, telehealth has been something of a regulatory afterthought until quite recently. What will it take to get from promising pilot programs to widespread use?

Wash. hospital partners with TeleHealth

Franciscan Health System, has chosen TeleHealth, a provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient education, as its interactive patient education and entertainment partner for its new hospital in Enumclaw, Wash. The new facility, St. Elizabeth Hospital, opened Feb. 2, replacing Enumclaw Regional Hospital.

Beloit enlists TeleHealth Services for care initiative

Beloit, Wis.-based Beloit Health System has extended its partnership with TeleHealth Services to provide interactive patient education and entertainment in the hospitals Experience the Difference patient care initiative.

Status Solutions, AFrame Digital form telehealth alliance

Situational awareness software developer Status Solutions has partnered with wireless health and safety monitoring system provider AFrame Digital for remote patient monitoring.

Florida system extends TeleHealth contract

TeleHealth Services, patient education software provider, has extended its partnership with St. Vincents HealthCare to assist the hospitals patient education initiatives.

California launches statewide telehealth network

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined state healthcare and technology agencies yesterday at the University of California Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to jumpstart the California Telehealth Network.

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