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Telemedicine 2010 & 2011 Part 2 - TECHNOLOGY

LinkousThink

Telemedicine has never been bereft of electronic wizardry and 2010 included a host of exciting developments with clever new devices that see, analyze, and intervene with any number of medical maladies, all at steadily reduced prices. Here are a few thoughts on two leading technologies: mHealth and video.

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VA seeing substantial growth in telehealth, key patient engagement tools

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's already responsible for the biggest telemedicine infrastructure in the nation, and use of its telehealth services is surging. VA helped launch the Blue Button initiative and we’ve now seen 38 million Blue Button downloads by veterans since August 2010. Indeed, telehealth continues to be a major priority for the VA.

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Seven Market Trends

LinkousThink

The telemedicine market is expansive, multifaceted and growing. Shifting away from reimbursement and from CMS decision-making It’s been the Holy Grail for telemedicine in America. Telemedicine as a standard of care Medical images, x-rays and the like, have been viewed in digital form for forty years. I was premature.

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Maintaining Balance as We Leap Ahead

LinkousThink

Members have suggested a number of topics for discussion including comparing various governance and administrative structures used for telemedicine operations within their institutions. A list serve and web page is under development and more discussion will be held before the group’s next meeting at ATA 2010.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. The role of mHealth for improving medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Monagesh et al.

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mHealth13: Lots Going On, But Few New Developments

Chilmark Research

Another year, another mHealth Summit. However, despite some early hints of maturity, the mHealth Summit revealed the mobile healthcare market’s overall identity confusion. When we talk mHealth, we hope for clinical interventions, enhanced communication, behavior improvements, incorporation of patient-generated data, and so forth.

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

Alternate Payment Models: Alternate payment models (APMs) in healthcare have been expanding especially since enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. Results have been mixed and it is therefore an important trend for policymakers and researchers to monitor and to ensure the impacts are positive.