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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.
Army telemedicine programs going mobile
The Army's wide use of telemedicine is evolving from fixed-based access sites to highly mobile programs using cell phones, according to a report in Telemedicine and e-Health. The Army has been...
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
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 .
Telehealth for cardiovascular disease patients cuts costs, admission rates
Synchronous telehealth for cardiovascular disease patients helps to reduce costs, admission rates and length of stay, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the Medical Internet Research.
Cigna to cover telehealth doctor consults
Cigna will begin offering telehealth consultations to some of its members next year after reaching a deal with a Florida-based telehealth company.
