Telemedicine: A viable Solution to NHS Staff Shortages? By Andrew Graley, Healthcare Director at Polycom EMEA Millions of pounds are currently being spent on agency doctors to help NHS hospitals comply with the European Working Time Directive, which limits the number of hours healthcare professionals can work.
With new checks being introduced to ensure that medics from the EU have high proficiency in English, NHS staff shortages are likely to get even worse. News - Telehealth does not seem cost effective for patients with long-term conditions. Ingrid Torjesen Friday, 22 March 2013.
Are benefits of telehealth care worth the cost? - Health News. Friday March 22 2013 Telehealth is often used for people with long-term conditions ‘NHS remote monitoring costs more’ BBC News reports after the publication of a new study looking at the cost-effectiveness of telehealth.
Telehealth involves using technology to enable healthcare professionals to remotely monitor data on certain aspects of a patient’s health. It may include sensors that can monitor the amount of oxygen in a person’s blood, or more straightforward examples, such as telephone check-ups. Newham WSD Trial - Improving quality of life in Newham. NHS remote monitoring 'costs more' 21 March 2013Last updated at 19:57 ET Nurses can monitor a patient's health without having to visit Remotely monitoring patients with long-term conditions is less cost effective than usual care, a UK trial suggests.
The British Medical Journal study, involving almost 1,000 patients, indicated the total costs for those using "tele-health" were higher. UK mobile operator launches two health services. UK mobile operator O2, a subsidiary of Telefonica, recently announced two new mobile health programs: Help at Hand, an emergency response system sold directly to consumers, and Health at Home, a telehealth system marketed to providers.
Help at Hand is a monthly subscription service for people who are self-sufficient and mobile, but have a condition where loved ones might worry about them falling, becoming immobilized, or becoming confused. It provides the user with a specialized handset that has a number of safety features: it can call the support team at any time with the press of a button, alert them when the device is carried out of a preset “safe zone” area, detect falls and call for help, or automatically notify the support center when its battery is low. The call center than notifies a predetermined caregiver or family member if necessary. Users can choose between two handsets: One, a cellphone-sized device designed to fit in a bag or pocket, is made by Netherlands-based SafeLinQ.
Are the benefits of telehealth a myth? 11 March 2013Last updated at 20:01 ET By Michael Cross Reporter.
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Соответствующие поправки в закон «Об основах охраны здоровья» опубликованы на сайте нижней палаты парламента. Telehealth to benefit 100,000 people with long-term conditions. 100,000 to get 'doctor by broadband' in 2013. Telemedicine and plastic surge... [J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012. Benefits and legal pitfalls of telemedicine plastic surgery. mHealth Research Digest with Anupam Kumar Telemedicine has seen exponential growth in application in recent years.
This includes anything from consultations conducted by telephone to image transfers for the purposes of diagnosis at a distance. The medical specialties perceived to benefit most from this expansion of communications technology applications are those that rely heavily on visual inspection for diagnosis and are in high demand for consultation such as plastic surgery, radiology, dermatology. Plastic surgery, in particular, lends itself to initial patient assessment and management via 2D visual inspection.
While it has been accepted that telemedicine consultations in plastic surgery are indeed feasible with current communications technology, data on the potential benefit to the patient and protection of patient health information remains scant. Methods Results misdiagnosis (4)time consumption (3)training (4)technical issues (3)dissatisfied users (2)cost (2) 5 Ways to Instantly Connect With Doctors. Discovering a new food allergy or waking up with the shakes is scary.
But, being able to call or text doctors at night, on weekends and remotely, changes everything. Had to happen: now you can get therapy as a digital service, too... Telemedicine market to reach $2.5B by 2018. The thriving telemedicine market hasn't shown signs of abating any time soon, according to a new report by Companies & Markets.
The report shows that in 2011, the global telemedicine monitoring market reached a value of $736 million and, according to officials, is poised to increase to $2.5 billion by 2018. News - Telehealth cuts hospital visits and deaths. Louise Prime Friday, 22 June 2012 Telehealth can reduce deaths as well as patients’ use of emergency hospital care, but might not save enough money to offset the initial cost of the necessary equipment, report researchers today on bmj.com. Their study also found reductions in admission rates and length of hospital stay in patients who used telehealth.
Nuffield Trust researchers randomised 3230 patients with long-term conditions – diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure – to either usual care or telehealth, and followed them for one year. E-Care, Telecare and Telehealth news: Read Telecare Aware daily updates. Could telehealth save Town Halls £730m of elderly care cost? New research claims local government could save up to £730m in elderly care costs if technology and remote monitoring-based solutions were deployed to extend the time an elderly person can live in their own home, as opposed to requiring council-funded residential care.
The surprisingly high figure comes from estimates along these lines: the authors looked at 153 councils with social services responsibility, worked out a possible average spend of £4.8m each, extrapolated across all of England. HealthGo: a solution for healthcare monitoring companies. Recent report on tele-health suggests it may soon become part of day-to-day practice. A recent report by BCC Research has made some projections about telehealth that should catch the eye of physicians and allied health professionals. Telehealth, as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services, is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.
While still an emerging market, with the advent of reliable and cheap video conferencing technologies the global telemedicine market grew from $9.8 billion in 2010 to $11.6 billion in 2011 and will almost triple to $27.3 billion in 2016. 11 Telemedicine Tools Transforming Healthcare. We haven't figured out how to teleport patients into medical offices. But telemedicine technologies link patients and clinicians in ways Ray Bradbury would admire. Telemedicine improves medication management, patient care. Public release date: 24-Mar-2012 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Beth Casteelbcasteel@acc.org 240-328-4549American College of Cardiology CHICAGO -- Internet-based telemedicine systems appear to lead to more appropriate and effective pharmacotherapy, better blood pressure control and an overall reduction in cardiovascular risk compared to conventional, periodic office visits, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session.
The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. Patients who reported blood pressure readings more frequently via a web-based portal received more timely treatment decisions and medication adjustments from their health care team compared to a control group of hypertensive patients who had routine office visits. Dr. This study was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Global telemedicine market pegged to more than double by 2016. The global telehome and telehospital market was valued at $11.6 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase to $27.3 billion in 2016, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.6 percent, according to BCC Research. In its new study, "Global Markets for Telemedcine Technologies," BCC reports that the telehospitals and clinics segment accounted for $8 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase at a CAGR of 16.8 percent to reach nearly $17.6 billion in 2016.
Be wary of signing deals for telehealth technologies, conference hears. Matthew Limb Author Affiliations NHS organisations should be wary of bulk buying telehealth technologies and getting locked into unsuitable and costly deals, says a leading campaigner for patients’ interests. Jeremy Taylor, chief executive of the National Voices coalition of health and social care charities, said there were risks associated with the spread of telehealth and telecare initiatives and patients’ needs must come first. Telemedicine solutions by Polycom creating new healthcare business models. IT-Enhanced Medical Homes Aren't A Quick Fix - Healthcare - Clinical Information Systems.
Patient-centric medical homes are touted to fix the healthcare cost crisis, but the deep pockets and extensive IT resources they require aren't available to every healthcare provider. More than 2 millions patients are being treated with remote patient monitoring. Sonographers perform remote lung ultrasounds using Skype & iPhone. mHealth Research Daily, with Tim Bredrup Common immediate life-threatening conditions such as apnea (APN) and pneumothorax (PTX) can be easily ruled out by performing an ultrasound that visualizes a respiratory motion known as lung sliding (LS).
Doctors Slow To Embrace Telemedicine, Cloud Computing - Healthcare - Mobile & Wireless. Tablets, smartphone, and mobile EHRs gain ground in healthcare, but cloud computing and videoconferencing lag, finds CompTIA study. mHealth: Remote Patient Monitoring Is On The Rise, With Smartphones Leading The Way. Last month, we took a look at some of the ways mobile technology is transforming the health industry. While there are many factors affecting this transformation, like artificial intelligence, big data, 3-D printing, social health networks, and remote communications, to name a few (check out Josh’s post on this here), unsurprisingly, change is coming at the hands of the growing ubiquity of cell phones, smartphones, and mobile devices.
Early last year, PEW Research was already reporting that 17 percent of mobile phone users were using their devices to look up health and medical information, and Juniper recently estimated that 44 million health apps were downloaded in 2011. Remote monitoring system gets important upgrade in the UK, including physician notifications. The Merlin.net network is a remote monitoring system for patients with implantable cardiac devices. It is able to record a patient’s heart rhythms, device therapy and device performance which is automatically sent to a designated clinic or a hospital’s health record. Created by St. Telehealth to help the elderly, patients tap into health care - National News - National. Roll-out of telehealth and telecare to benefit three million lives. 5 must-haves for successful telehealth initiatives.
Researchers describe smartphone platform to monitor elderly patients with chronic conditions. Key factors influencing the implementation success of a home telecare application. Remote Patient Monitoring Shows Strong Growth - Healthcare - Mobile & Wireless. Telehealth goes retail with launch of Care4 physician kiosks by HealthSpot. Adoption of telemedicine: from pilot stage to routine delivery.
Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure. Telemonitoring to boost ICU care for South Carolina hospital. ICMCC Website. Even limited telemedicine could improve developing health. German internet clinic based in London angers German doctors. Health care by TV and remote control. Methodologies for assessing telemedicine: A systematic review of reviews. Poots launches £18m Telemonitoring NI service. Three million patients to be cared for 'remotely' and perform own DIY check-ups.