Telehealth Monitor

The American Telemedicine Association is the leading resource and advocate promoting access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology. ATA seeks to bring together diverse groups from traditional medicine, academic medical centers, technology and telecommunications companies, e-health, medical societies, government and others to overcome barriers to the advancement of telemedicine through the professional, ethical and equitable improvement in health care delivery.

via About ATA – American Telemedicine Association.

A Two-Day Industry Forum Highlighting The Latest Trends, Best Case Studies, Hands-On Experiences, and Innovative Strategies From America’s Top Telehealth Hospitals, Facilities and Other Prestigious Organizations.

via Active Communication International: TELEHOMECARE & Remote Patient Monitoring For Hospitals And Health Systems.

AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. is the worldwide leading supplier of telemedicine equipment and technology devices used in telemedicine with over 5000 installations in 74 countries. AMD offers products that are high quality, easy to use, and designed for telemedicine. AMD’s staff is responsive, professional, and ready to assist with your telemedicine program.

via American Medical Development Telemedicine Products.

“Healthy Aging in My Own Home” is the current buzz. With advancements in technology, the management of chronic diseases in the population has become an important challenge for us. As Americans live longer, the cost and intensity of chronic care will increase. Medical personnel and staff are and will be inadequate to manage these chronic conditions.

Viterion Telehealthcare is focused on providing technology to address this problem. By creating products which are “easy to use”, we have and will create the opportunity for “Healthy Aging in My Own Home”.

via Viterion TeleHealthcare, A Business of Bayer Healthcare.

This comprehensive personal health system promotes greater patient engagement and more efficient care by combining an in-home patient device with an online interface, allowing clinicians to monitor patients and remotely manage care.

via Personal Telehealth—Overview.

ViTel Net's Home Health Monitoring technology connects home health patients with clinicians, enabling enhanced monitoring capabilities while providing patients with a greater sense of control.

The ViTelCare™ monitoring system enables comprehensive home-based disease management for a broad range of diagnostic groups including: Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Major Depressive Disorder and Wound Care Assessment.

via Home Health Monitoring.

Cardiocom (http://www.cardiocom.com) is a leader in innovative patient telemonitoring and disease management solutions. Founded in 1997, Cardiocom develops, manufactures and markets its own telehealth devices for congestive heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, COPD, severe asthma, and ESRD. The Company also has a specialized diabetes care division, GlucoCom™ (www.glucocom.com), that provides blood glucose monitoring products. Cardiocom's clients include some of the most respected health plans, hospitals, physician groups, home health groups and disease management vendors in the nation. Through these established relationships, Cardiocom improves the lives of thousands of people each day.

via Cardiocom.

Carematix develops and markets state-of-the-art wellness monitoring systems. The Carematix Wellness System (CWS) is based on advanced, patent-pending, wireless and internet technologies that are seamlessly integrated into everyday health monitoring devices such as a blood-pressure monitor, weight scale, and glucose monitors.

Carematix.com

Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies. Telehealth delivery could be as simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or as sophisticated as using videoconferencing to between providers at facilities in two countries, or even as complex as robotic technology.

via Telehealth – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2009

VA Data Show Home Health Technology Improves Access to Care
Peake: Entire Health Care System More Effective

WASHINGTON – Veterans with chronic conditions can manage their health and avoid hospitalization by using special technology provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in their homes, according to a recent study.

“The study showed that home telehealth makes health care more effective because it improves patients’ access to care and is easy to use,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. “A real plus is that this approach to care can be sustained because it’s so cost-effective and more veteran-centric. Patients in rural areas are increasingly finding that telehealth improves their access to health care and promotes their ongoing relationship with our health care system.”

The study found a 25 percent reduction in the average number of days hospitalized and a 19 percent reduction in hospitalizations for patients using home telehealth. The data also show that for some patients the cost of telehealth services in their homes averaged $1,600 a year – much lower than in-home clinician care costs.

The authors of the study in the current issue of the journal Telemedicine and e-Health are VA national telehealth staff members. The study looked at health outcomes from 17,025 VA home telehealth patients.

VA’s home telehealth program cares for 35,000 patients and is the largest of its kind in the world. Clinicians and managers in health care systems, as well as information technology professionals, have been awaiting the results of the telehealth study, said Dr. Adam Darkins, chief consultant in VA’s care coordination program, who led the study.

“The results are not really about the technology, but about how using it helps coordinate the full scope of care our patients need,” said Darkins. “It permits us to give the right care in the right place at the right time.”

VA’s Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Michael J. Kussman, said the key to the program’s success is VA’s computerized patient record system. “Data obtained from the home such as blood pressure and blood glucose, along with other patient information in the electronic system, allows our health care teams to anticipate and prevent avoidable problems,” he said.

VA health care officials emphasize that home telehealth does not necessarily replace nursing home care or traditional care but can help veterans understand and manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic heart failure. Patients’ partnership with the medical team can delay the need for institutional care and maintain independence for an extended time.

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