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- Telemedicine
Information Exchange:
An unbiased and all-inclusive platform on telemedicine
and telehealth: http://tie.telemed.org/
- American Telemedicine
Association: Promoting the use of telemedicine and telehealth
for consumers worldwide: http://www.atmeda.org/
- Telemedicine
Today: The leading news and information source for the
telemedicine industry, with a readership that includes
telemedicine practitioners, physicians, hospital administrators,
healthcare information specialists, vendors, consultants,
policy makers, and others interested in this dynamic field:
http://www.telemedtoday.com/
- NLM National
Telemedicine Initiative Symposium: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/telesymp. html
- Telemedicine
Information Exchange: Created and maintained by
the Telemedicine Research Center, the Telemedicine Information
Exchange provides current news, research, and program information.
Also offers a section on legal and ethical issues in the
area of telemedicine: http://www.healthweb.org
- United States
Department of Veterans’ Affairs: VA's
care coordination programs use health informatics, telehealth
and disease management technologies to enhance and extend
care and case management: http://www.va.gov/occ/
- Association
of Telehealth Service Providers: An international
membership-based organization dedicated to improving health
care through growth of the telehealth industry: http://www.atsp.org/telemedicine/glossary.asp
- US
Department of Health and Human Services: Your guide to
reliable health information.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/docs/doc02493.htm
- Care Management:
Use of educational, phone-based, and Web resources to help
patients become more involved in the management of chronic
illnesses such as asthma, chronic
pain, obesity and more
- E-prescribing:
The ability of telemedicine physicians to prescribe medications
electronically in combination with thorough Telemedicine
Consultations and full medical record requirements and
having those prescriptions electronically routed to participating
pharmacies for local pickup or next day home delivery by
mail
- Electronic Medical Records (EMR):
A secure electronic compilation of a patient’s health
record including digitized medical reports, notes, lab
test results, medications, allergies, etc. in one web based
location accessible and updatable anytime from any encrypted browser
by the patient or their physicians
- Home Care Telemedicine:
Use of a phone, Internet and/or Telemedicine devices for
conducting "video
visits" between health care
professionals and patients who receive these services while
in their own homes
- Proactive Monitoring: Use of interactive
services such as regular telephone contact or telemetry
devices to monitor chronically-ill patients in their homes
- Teleconsults:
Use phone to enable physicians to
exchange diagnostic and/or treatment information
- Telehealth: Use of various forms
of communications technologies to improve remote interactions
between health care personnel and patients, including computer,
e-mail, facsimile, telephone, or video capabilities
- Telemedicine:
Use of advanced telecommunications technologies to remotely
deliver medical services
- Telemedicine
Consultation: A
three-step process involving 1) A telephone consultation
with a health practitioner; 2) EMR review, update and charting
and 3) E-prescribing, if applicable
- Telephone Triage: Use of computerized
systems or medical call centers to help individuals evaluate
their medical problems and assist in the decision-making
process about the type of care that may be most appropriate
- Telepsychiatry:
Use of phone and videoconferencing technologies to allow
psychiatrists to provide their services to patients who
are located at a remote site
- Telepathology: Use of e-mail or more
advanced store-and-forward technologies to transmit digital
images of pathology specimens for evaluation by another
specialist (usually for a second opinion)
- Teleradiology:
Use of web and/or email, or store-and forward systems to
transmit digital diagnostic images such as CT, MRI, and
x-ray scans for evaluation by a specialist who is located
at a remote site (for second opinions or general radiology
services)
- Videoconferencing: Use of advanced
telecommunications and equipment to enable the transmission
of live interactive video data
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