HolaDoctor®: Helping the Hispanic Community Navigate the Changing Healthcare Landscape
No abstract available. Editor’s note: During the past 15 years, HolaDoctor® has applied cultural awareness to connect with the Hispanic community and inform them about health insurance, access to care, the importance of leading a health-filled life, and both early detection and aggressive management of chronic illnesses. In this TMT...
By Dirk Schroeder
Designing Decentralized Ledger Technology for Electronic Health Records
No abstract available. Editor’s note: A proposal to implement distributed ledger technology for electronic health records is outlined here. The rationale for integration of distributed ledgers in the healthcare domain is introduced, followed by a discussion of the features enabled by the use of a blockchain. An open source implementation of a...
By Vikram Dhillon
CTN: Advancing Rural and Underserved Healthcare in California
No abstract available. Editor’s note: In this TMT interview, Mr. Eric Brown, President and CEO of the California Telehealth Network (CTN), discusses the development and the role of CTN in providing advanced information technologies and services to medically underserved and rural Californians. An independent non-profit 501c3, CTN is one of the...
By Eric Brown
Modeling Value on Investment: A Crucial Strategy Adopted by Successful Chronic Condition Management Programs
No abstract available. Editor’s note: In this article, the authors conclude their series on the impact of chronic conditions on our nation. In the April edition of Telehealth and Medicine Today, they explained why chronic conditions will continue to be a focus of cost and utilization issues in our nation’s healthcare system and they int...
By Monica Leslie, Rehan Virani
DoctorsTelemedSM: Developing a Medical Society-Based Telehealth Service in Northern Virginia
No abstract available. Editor’s note: During this TMT interview, Ms. Claudia Tellez, Executive Director of Northern Virginia Medical Society and the visionary behind DoctorsTelemedMS www.doctorstelemed.org, discusses DoctorsTelemedSM and the opportunities, challenges, and success of this early stage telehealth service for physicians and their...
By TMT Editorial Team
Teleneurology: Why it Works for Rural Hospitals
The American Academy of Neurology views teleneurology as an effective tool for rapid evaluation of patients in remote locations requiring neurologic care. These underserved locations include geographically isolated rural areas, as well as urban areas with too few available neurology specialists. This article focuses on the problem of stroke worldwi...
By Talbot McCormick
The Evolution of Telemedicine: A Conversation with Steve Normandin
No abstract available. Editor's Note: Steve Normandin is the President of AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc. For over 25 years, Mr. Normandin has been working to advance the field of telemedicine. Mr. Normandin has seen an entire industry come of age, and as technology and internet access become ubiquitous in the U.S. and abroad, the state of tele...
By TMT Editorial Team