Telemedicine
The healthcare industry is going to be revolutionized because you will have sensors at various points of your body measuring different things and a computer somewhere or maybe a doctor will be examining you all time – Marty Cooper
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The Promise and Perils of Virtual House Calls
Not long ago, the idea of “seeing a doctor” without actually going anywhere would have seemed far-fetched. But at a time when we can deposit checks, buy and sell antiques, and take classes in astrophysics from our mobile devices, virtual healthcare that goes beyond fitness apps and WebMD is becoming part of our new reality.
More patients are making virtual contact with medical professionals every day, thanks to the advanced information and communications technologies that support telemedicine. Beyond connected devices (such as glucose and cardiac monitors) that stream data directly to hospitals and doctors’ offices, telemedicine involves videoconferencing and electronic exchange…
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The Promise and the Peril of Virtual Health Care
During the coronavirus pandemic, telemedicine looks like the future of health care. Is it a future that we want?
When Health Care Moves Online, Many Patients Are Left Behind
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, more doctors are turning to telemedicine. That's a problem for tens of millions on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Coronavirus and the Future of Telemedicine
So, you know, the definition of telemedicine is fairly broad. It's anything from taking care of a patient's needs through the telephone—so just the old fashioned way—to having video interactions with your patients, to actually having video interactions with your patients assisted with devices.
Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak
The use of virtual visits climbs as a way of safely treating patients and containing spread of the infection at hospitals, clinics and medical offices.
Telemedicine Is a Safety Valve for a Strained Health Care System
“Virtual visits” can be an effective way to decide who needs to be tested for Covid-19. But remote doctors can't diagnose or treat illness.
How Telemedicine Is Transforming Health Care
The revolution is finally here—raising a host of questions for regulators, providers, insurers and patients.
Coronavirus Prompts Hospitals to Fast-Track Telemedicine Projects
Hospital CIOs are triaging IT systems as Covid-19 cases increase.
Docs OnLine - The Doctor is in Somewhere
From consulting and diagnosing to performing telesurgery, virtual medicine is here to stay and continues to proliferate. Can on-line medicine truly replace traditional face-to-face medical practice?
The Doctor That Never Sleeps
How will telemedicine shape the future of patient-doctor relationships?
The Promise and Perils of Virtual House Calls
With digital technology that can bring distant experts as close as your smartphone, telemedicine is on the rise. Now comes the tricky part.
5 Surprising Ways In Which Telemedicine Is Revolutionizing Healthcare
“Telemedicine is the natural evolution of healthcare in the digital world,” American Telemedicine Association. Telemedicine empowers the caregivers to remotely interact with their patients, which greatly improves both the efficiency and affordability of healthcare. Today patients, doctors and caregivers have learned to accept telemedicine (often called ‘telehealth’ or ‘connected health’) as one of many ways of delivering care.
Telehealth and Medicine Today
Telehealth and Medicine Today (TMT), is an open access online, international peer review journal where multidisciplinary thought leaders, practitioners, and future society stakeholders converge to address strategic, medical, technical, legal, policy, economic, and social aspects of a new health and technology sector.
Telemedicine and e-Health
Telemedicine and e-Health is the leading international peer-reviewed journal covering the full spectrum of advances and clinical applications of telemedicine and management of electronic health records. It places special emphasis on the outcome and impact of telemedicine on the quality, cost effectiveness, and access to healthcare.
Telemedicine.com
We are worldwide Telemedicine experts, with over 20 years' experience in every aspect and phase of conceiving, creating, sales, installing, training and supporting Telemedicine projects throughout the globe.
e-Telmed
e-Telmed, Inc. supplies a single source solution that incorporates all of the necessary components to successfully implement a telehealth program. All of the hardware, software, peripheral devices, customer support and legal advice are provided in a seamless package that allows ease of use and integration with any HL7 compliant infrastructure.
GlobalMed
GlobalMed, a privately held telemedicine company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the leader of telemedicine companies in telehealth hardware and software R&D, design, engineering, manufacture and support. Our team of telemedicine software developers and engineers work closely with scientific and medical professionals–from concept to application–to understand and translate unmet needs into next-generation integrated telemedicine tools that are unsurpassed in quality, affordability and flexibility.
Pager
At Pager, we believe that a superior consumer experience leads to better decisions, better outcomes and healthier lives. We created Pager to transform the way that consumers interact with their healthcare.
PhoneDOCTORx
PhoneDOCTORx's strategic mission is to provide real-time telemedicine consultation directly to patients and their families in the setting of extended care facilities (ECFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and long-term care for non-emergent and emergent conditions.
Teladoc
Teladoc is the first and largest telehealth provider in the nation, founded in 2002.
US Tele-Medicine
In Telemedicine, there are no extra charges billed for brick and mortar operations. There are no distinctions between the type of care, no extra up-charges for staff, specialists or layers of administration. Telemedicine is a cogent, real-time solution that may be instituted tomorrow. Begin savings immediately and let us guide you through the new and evolutionary world of Telemedicine.
Cloudbreak
Using technology, Cloudbreak brings doctors to patients, services to hospitals, and expertise to infrastructure, so we can solve some of our industry's biggest challenges.
Connected Health
We are engaging patients, providers and the connected health community to deliver quality care outside of traditional medical settings. Telehealth, remote care and disease management initiatives reflect the opportunities for technology-enabled care programs. Join us - share your thoughts, learn from others - help transform healthcare.
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