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IT IN THE NEWS ISM 5021 Information and Technology Management Melissa Faux Dawn Golden Susan Greenert Holly Newell. TELEMEDICINE . Introduction Applications Benefits & Barriers Worldwide Examples & Trends Companies and Products Interesting Facts Conclusion. agenda. introduction. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TELEMEDICINE
IT IN THE NEWSISM 5021 Information and Technology ManagementMelissa FauxDawn GoldenSusan GreenertHolly Newell
AGENDA Introduction Applications Benefits & Barriers Worldwide Examples & Trends Companies and Products Interesting Facts Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
ATA DEFINITION Telemedicine is the use of
medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve the patients' health status.
INTRODUCTION A visit with the doctor
has evolved over the years. Originally doctors made house visits in order to evaluate the patient.
INTRODUCTION Dr visits then evolved into a mass
production, whereby patients traveled to the doctor’s physical office to be evaluated. This enabled the doctor to see many patients in a single day due to the elimination of the doctor’s travel time.
The patients in turn incurred travel time, time wasted in the waiting rooms, and time spent waiting in the patient rooms for the doctor or nurse to appear.
INTRODUCTION At times it can be difficult
to see a doctor due to the limited number of appointments available.
If a doctor could not provide a diagnosis, the patient would be sent to another doctor’s physical office to be evaluated.
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS Telemedicine is not intended to replace the
doctor visits, but to supplement doctor visits.
One major application is to obtain expert advice from all around the country or nation.
With the development of telemedicine, experts can review x-rays, blood results, and various other test results via the computer and provide their input as to their opinions or diagnosis.
APPLICATIONS Diagnostics can be performed
remotely for: Radiology
Mental Health
APPLICATIONS Cardiology
Opthalmology
APPLICATIONS Ultrasound
Pathology
APPLICATIONS Homebased
Consultations can be performed through video conferencing.
APPLICATIONS Home Vital Signs
Monitoring allows ECG, blood glucose, blood pressure, temperature, weight, and ultrasound measurements to be taken from home and sent to the doctor.
OTHER APPLICATIONS Data Trending Automatic Alerts Distance Learning Peer Reviews
BENEFITS AND BARRIERS
PATIENT BENEFITS Saves money on travel for
specialized care Allows patients in remote
locations to get the opinion of a specialist (better access to care)
Also allows different/regional medicine options to be available to a wider range of people (Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese, etc)
Telemedicine is convenient and requires less travel or time off from work
COMMUNITY BENEFITS Assists people in isolated
communities who cannot get to a doctor or hospital
Supports local clinics, doctors and pharmacies (by allowing them a wider range of services)
Allows participation in clinical trials for Rural communities
PROVIDER BENEFITS Increases efficiency / decreases
medical errors Allows doctors to diagnose overseas
patients without leaving the office Facilitates volunteer work in
undeveloped countries Specialists can monitor several patients
or hospitals at once Doctors can monitor patients’
diagnostics via cell (blood pressure, glucose, etc)
Patients can see a local provider who can consult a specialist (or another doctor) via internet
BARRIERS High costs associated with start up and
implementation Insurance plans may not support use of
telemedicine Rural areas do not have internet
connectivity
BARRIERS Lack of confidentiality/security
concerns Slow acceptance of technology More difficult to monitor doctor licenses
and ability
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES AND TRENDS
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES USA: Approximately
10 percent of the US population is covered under Medicare. However, it accounts for over one quarter of all medical expenditures.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES Both Medicare and
Tricare recipients can now use Telemedicine. According to the American Telemedicine Association, reimbursement to the health professional is the same as the current fee schedule.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES USA: According to The New York Times,
of the 3.7 million military retirees that have access to health insurance through their civilian employer or group, approximately two million of them stay on Tricare, the military's lifetime health insurance program.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES The Defense Secretary, Robert M.
Gates, has been making attempts to cut Pentagon spending and has considered the use of Telemedicine as a way to reduce the impact of the 10 million people eligible for benefits in the coming years.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES INDIA
PathoIndia is a virtual community for pathologists in India. The portal is hosted by University of Basel, Switzerland.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES AFRICA
West African Doctors & Healthcare Professionals Network
A virtual meeting place for doctors and other health-care professionals to share information and knowledge.
Telemedicine Africa A web based patient consultation and
training service tailored to needs of local communities in Africa.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES NEPAL
HealthNet Nepal The project’s main objective is to “overcome
the isolation of health professionals by creating a network of people and organizations linked by appropriate, simple and inexpensive communication technology.”
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES Pakistan
Creating awareness University collaboration
Rawalpindi Medical College Agha Khan University National University of Science & Technology
Approximately two hundred medical students were enrolled in the five-year "Elixir Internship Program" in order to learn Telemedicine, content building, web maintenance and how to carry out health related research.
The progress and learnings from this venture was then relayed to top universities such as Stanford, University of California, Los Angeles and University of Southern California.
WORLDWIDE TRENDS Telemedicine’s involvement in preventative care
has taken a huge step forward. Home health care monitoring has been expanded through the use of smartphones.
Speakers at the 2010 World Congress summit spoke of the importance of smartphones in telemedicine. Harry Wang, director of mobile and health research at Parks Associates noted in a PC World reports article that his firm believes more than 70 percent of Americans will have smartphones by 2015.
WORLDWIDE TRENDS He noted that some hospitals already are using
iPhones as glucose monitors and patients can see reduced expenses when conducting tests such as at-home sleep studies.
Parks Associates, a Dallas-based research company, forecasts U.S. sales of wireless home-health technology to soar to $4.4 billion in 2013 from just $304 million this year, in part due to the federal stimulus money for health IT.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
COMPANIES & PRODUCTS AMD provides monitoring devices and
software.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Cisco uses HealthPresence,
Telepresence, and WebEx to provide remote care in Argentina.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS A and D Medical features a Connected
Health product line including a wireless activity monitor.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS The Bosch Health Buddy connects
patients to their care providers and reduces hospital visits.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS TMED provides an affordable solution
with encrypted web based video conference and patient monitoring on a standard PC.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS CARDIOCOM’s OMNIVISOR enables
case or disease managers and clinicians to receive information about patients' daily vital signs and symptoms.
BLOOD PRESSURE • GLUCOMETER • PEAK FLOW • MEDICAL SCALE • PULSE OXIMETER
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Nonin’s Wrist Pulse Oximeter provides
wireless monitoring.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS EasyMedMobile provides
Automated medication reminders Real-time monitoring Data collection (questionnaires) Electronic Health Records Remote access via smartphone or web
browser
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS CJPS Medical’s Vitalpoint provide better
care by providing continuous monitoring to help prevent re-admissions and early detection of a potentially harmful event.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Express MD Solutions provides an
electronic monitoring system and web service to connect the patient and physician for chronic care management.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Sigma’s Skop records heart and lung
sounds and transmits them over the internet.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS MD Live Care
provides a network of telemedicine healthcare providers and lets you make virtual appointments.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS ZoomMD
provides an I-phone application for prescriptions to be sent directly to a pharmacist.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS NuPhysicia –
Medicineatwork examines heart, lungs, skin, throat, ears.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS GE –provides a pocket sized ultrasound
imaging device.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS ICUcare – Edoc
provides a routine medical exam on wheels with video conferencing.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Intouch Health – Remote
Presence removes barriers of time and distance. The RP7 robot provides virtual presence and allows direct connection to Class II medical devices to send data. Increases hospital capacity.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Cybernet Medical trends patient data
and alerts a physician on their mobile device.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Socket – A handheld PDA for medical
use includes a barcode reader and RFID reader to manage bedside drug delivery and patient records.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Logitech – HD technology can be used
for speech therapy. Lifesize provides telepresence in a compact platform.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Welch Allyn – The EHR connectivity
initiative makes their medical devices accessible to a universal standard for recording medical device data. Their products include vital signs monitors, cardio monitors, digital otoscopes.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Capsule – touchscreen data collection
and connectivy platform. Enterprise Connectivity Solution for hospitals brings together any device with the hospital health information system.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS Websites such as Cardiosmart allow
you to track your vital signs.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS My Mood Monitor is a
website that lets you screen for depression and anxiety symptoms.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS The myHalo system helps
aging seniors stay in their own home longer by automatically detecting falls and signaling for help when needed. myHalo visualizes key vitals (heart rate, temperature, and ADLs) from an interactive 24/7 dashboard; and tracks compliance levels and quantifies physical activity.
INTERESTING FACTS
INTERESTING FACTS Studies by the several agencies within
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, private vendors and assessments by ATA of its membership place the number of existing telemedicine networks in the United States at roughly 200.
INTERESTING FACTS The impact of these programs can be
felt 10 times over, as they link almost 2,000 medical institutions throughout the country. Of these programs, about 100 are actively providing patient care services on a daily basis while the others are primarily used for administrative or educational use.
INTERESTING FACTS Cost savings from Telemedicine can be
considerable. British health officials have recently included the use of Telemedical technology as part of a $31.6 billion dollar cost-savings plan.
INTERESTING FACTS At a recent health IT conference, a speaker
noted home monitoring-related savings through reduced hospital admissions, emergency care, and readmissions by almost $78.9 million.
The conference’s focus surrounded empowering individuals to make better decisions about their own health, while eliminating industry jargon and long wait times.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION - TELEMEDICINE Technology
CONCLUSION - TELEMEDICINE Integration
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE Rapid Response
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE Cost Savings
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE Improved Healthcare
THANK YOU
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SOURCES Music
Intro by Antiloop Kalimba by Mr. Scruff Baladi We Hetta by Hossam Ramzy Atomic Dance Explosion 333 by Cabala JellyHead