Sentences with phrase «of telemedicine»

In response to a court order, Idaho repealed its ban on the use of telemedicine for medication abortion.

The study is the first national randomized controlled clinical trial of telemedicine for Parkinson's disease.

Quinn and colleagues pointed out several potential advantages of telemedicine screening for ROP.

While the current study is one of several that have demonstrated the potential benefits of telemedicine, widespread adoption of this technology is hindered by federal healthcare policies.

RAND researchers studied about 1,700 patient «visits» for an acute respiratory infection from April 2012 to October 2013 by Teladoc, one of the nation's largest providers of telemedicine services.

Successful implementation of a telemedicine - based counseling program for high - risk patients with breast cancer.

Increasing access to specialty care: a pilot, randomized controlled trial of telemedicine for Parkinson's disease.

Medicare, the largest health insurer for Americans across the United States, currently only covers the use of telemedicine in rural or medically underinsured areas and only when video conferencing is used, and Medicaid views telemedicine as a cost - effective alternative to the more traditional face - to - face physician / patient visit, but hasn't exactly jumped on board.

One, the opening up of telemedicine and the opening up access to prescription medicine.

And in a field where many trends — skyrocketing drug prices and healthcare costs — tend to defy logic, the rise of telemedicine is one that makes a lot of sense, said Vivian Lee, CEO of University of Utah Health Care, speaking on a panel about virtual health at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Wednesday.

Practitioners of telemedicine say virtual appointments greatly enhance access to care and engagement with patients, both of which tend to benefit health outcomes.

While it was designed to push the boundaries of telemedicine, it was used in Austin to record the heartbeat of a DJ who looped the soundbyte into her set for attendees.

Samsung Health will be able to tap into the provider framework of telemedicine specialist American Well — part of a partnership announced during this year's HIMSS health IT conference.

A BUNBURY - based radiology practice pioneered the deployment of telemedicine services to remote and rural areas in WA.Imaging the South was founded by radiologist and nuclear technician Dr Johnny Walker in November, 1995.

As American Well already has a significant presence — with over 250 healthcare partners across the country — Schoenberg said the latest offerings represent a maturation of telemedicine technologies.

Now the first fruits of that partnership are launching in the form of a telemedicine feature built into the Philips Avent uGrow application for parents...

The emergence of telemedicine has been capturing headlines all year, so it's not surprising to see $ 50 million of growth equity investment from Bedford Capital go to this Florida - based developer of an integrated virtual health system.

On 12 News at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Chloe Vincente will take you inside the virtual world of telemedicine.

To address the public health issue of detecting potentially serious ROP, the e-ROP Cooperative Group tested the validity of a telemedicine approach by comparing evaluations by ophthalmologists with those done independently by trained non-physician image readers.

«The cost savings is significant and should help more rural health systems recognize the financial and non-financial value of telemedicine.»

The paper, «Using tele - emergency to avoid patient transfers in rural emergency departments: An assessment of costs and benefits,» was published recently in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.

Langer sees implantable drug chips as more than just a new tool for doctors and patients — they are a sign that the true «dawn of telemedicine» has arrived, he says.

Charles Lowe, president of the Telemedicine and eHealth section at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, has been following Medopad's progress.

Participants reported high satisfaction with the telemedicine pathway, with all of them agreeing that the quality and content of their telemedicine visits were comparable to in - person visits.

Toward that goal, the center is positioning itself at the vanguard of telemedicine — a field that merges telecommunications and robotic technology.

If these results are confirmed in a larger trial, they will help to change how diabetic eye disease is evaluated and treated, says Paolo Silva, M.D., staff ophthalmologist and assistant chief of telemedicine at Joslin's Beetham Eye Institute.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that their first - of - its - kind study of a telemedicine program which transports stroke specialists via computer desktop or even laptop to the patient's bedside, using highly sophisticated video, audio and Internet technology, could have an immediate and profound impact on the treatment of stroke patients throughout the world.

The reliability of telemedicine had already been established, as reported in the journal Neurology in 2005, where the UC San Diego team studied Internet - based remote video evaluations of acute stroke patients.

Additionally, studies have not only proven the overwhelming efficacy of telemedicine but are even showing it to be a superior method of healthcare delivery in some specialties, particularly mental health.

The college's dean, Eleanor M. Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP, is a proponent of telemedicine's expansion into the veterinary field nationwide.

Veterinary medicine should demand the use of telemedicine as it is used in human medicine.

The practice of telemedicine remains an unresolved issue in veterinary medicine.

The impact of the Affordable Care Act and the rapid advent of telemedicine are changing the world's expectations of the healthcare industry.

The use of telemedicine gives women who live in rural areas or low - income women who can not afford to travel to clinics the ability to access these services.

Tennessee enacted a provision that moves up the effective date of its telemedicine ban from January 2013 to July 2012.

Feasibility of telemedicine intervention for childhood depression.

One obvious advantage of telemedicine is that the doctor can be anywhere — which is not the case for our traditional health care system.

, wider access, and superior quality are only some of the major benefits of telemedicine.

Successful implementation of a telemedicine - based counseling program for high - risk patients with breast cancer.

These laws therefore restrict the use of telemedicine in the case of abortion and reduce access to abortion services in rural areas.

Pre-hospital systems to identify patients and bring them to the appropriate hospitals, emergency department swarming, rapid simple imaging, and use of telemedicine must be harnessed to reduce times to treatment.

«We now have the ability to reach anyone, anywhere but the promise and benefits of telemedicine will not be fully realized until the changes are made in Medicare policy.»

The most frequently mentioned advantages of telemedicine were decreased travel burden and greater convenience.

«This study emphasizes that the use of telemedicine can be an effective strategy for the evaluation of patients with a suspected sleep disorder,» said American Academy of Sleep Medicine President Dr. Nathaniel Watson, who was not involved in the study.

To this end, our EKGs are performed with the use of telemedicine.

In 2012, three states limited provision of medication abortion by prohibiting the use of telemedicine, which is becoming a routine part of health care, particularly in rural areas.

Michigan, Oklahoma and Wisconsin enacted provisions requiring that the physician prescribing the medication for the abortion be in the same room as the patient, bringing to seven the number of states that prohibit the use of telemedicine (see Medication Abortion).

In 2011, states moved to limit provision of medication abortion for the first time by prohibiting the use of telemedicine.