Telemedicine

Telehcare delivers health services and information to patients and between health care professionals. Telehealth focuses on both preventing and curing all types of medical issues. Through applications such as telemedicine people are receiving medical attention in news ways all over the globe. Telehealth technologies can be used for:

Distance education such as medical education and patient education
Transmission of medical images and data for diagnosis or disease management
Live videoconferencing for groups or individuals exchanging health services or education
Health care system management
Teletriage Health advice by telephone in emergent cases
Online information and health data management and asset identification
Administrative meetings among various telehealth networks
Heath care system integration with EMR, EHR and Patient Portal
Research
Patient monitoring, follow ups and advice
Patient remote admission and bed transfer

What's New in Telecare?

Recent advances: Telemedicine
By: Richard Wootton

As telecommunication technology has advanced and costs have declined over the past decade, there has been a steady growth in telemedicine. Much of this growth, however, has been in the form of feasibility studies and pilot trials. As a result there is little convincing evidence of the cost effectiveness of many applications, apart from teleradiology (box). This paper reviews recent evidence and describes clinical applications where there is early evidence that telemedicine is not only of clinical benefit but cost effective too.....

Telehealth Resources

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Telemedicine Manufactures

AMD Telemedicine	Supplier of medical peripherals used in telemedicine
A&D/Life source	Manufacturer of home health care products
Alittech	Canadian distributer of filmless diagnostic imaging and report management systems, with software, turnkey systems and support services
Cnow Telehealth Solutions	Telehealth solutions provider. Designs, develops and provides technical service for customized interactive video programs
CST Critical Signal Technologies	Emergency response systems, medication management, Telehealth devices, monitoring services
eHealthopinion.com	Web based telemedicine application
FiatLux Imaging	Medical imaging software
Grupo Farmanexus	Motivia is a program designed for primary and secondary prevention management in people and populations
Healthanywhere	Wireless software and systems telemedicine solutions
Imagin Systems	Corporation Dental Technology Products
Imaging On Call	Flexible Teleradiology Solutions
InMotx	Robotic Productivity
Intel Corporation	Digital Health Group
IPX Communications	IPX provides the most advanced VSAT networks, VOIP and Call Centers, installed and supported
Jedmed	Telemedicine systems
LifeScan	Integrated Diabetes Solutions
LifeSize	High definition video communication systems
Matria Healthcare	Matria's disease management, wellness and obstetrical programs
MedApps	Mobile Wireless Health Monitoring
Medisoft Telemedicine Pvt. Ltd.	Tele Doctor is an integrated telemedicine system having compatibility with ICD - 10 and dicom
Med-RT	Realtime Telemedicine Solutions
Nonin Medical, Inc.	Physiological monitoring products,solutions and support
Philips Consumer Healthcare Solutions	Imaging, ultrasound, defibrillation, cardiac monitoring, healthcare Informatics, supplies, etc.
Remote Meeting Technologies	Web browser-based platform that enables multiple worldwide users to participate in a meeting or training session without the need for special software
Sandata Technologies, Inc.	The Santrax product is a solution for monitoring and tracking field operations
Tandberg	Tele-HealthCare Solutions
Telcomed	Ireland based supplier of wireless telemedicine products and worldwide after-sales support
Topcon Medical Systems	Developer and supplier of diagnostic equipment for the ophthalmic community.
TMI Telemedicus, Inc.	Products for 9-1-1 Ambulance-Rural Medicine-Triage-Military-Homeland Security
TeleVital, Inc.	Telemedicine software and total turnkey solutions
Vecna	Provides advanced health care support systems, Vecna robotics and building enterprise web-based systems
Viterion TeleHealthcare	Telehealthcare solutions with customizable monitors and implementation services