Telemedicine - Organization & administration
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Overcoming distance: video-conferencing as a clinical and educational tool among surgeons.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Since the 1960s, there has been substantial development in the uses of video-conferencing (VC) among medical personnel, including surgeons who have adopted the technology. METHODS: A report on our own experience with VC was combined with ... Read more...

Physician attitudes toward regionalization of adult critical care: a national survey.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Regionalization has been proposed as a method to improve outcomes for patients with critical illness. We sought to determine intensivist physician attitudes and potential barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care. DESIGN: ... Read more...

Telestroke networking offers multiple benefits beyond thrombolysis.

16 Jun 2009 Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) require immediate attention and stroke expertise, which is rarely offered by community hospitals. Telestroke networks were originally established for delivering thrombolysis to inhabitants of underserved ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Telemedicine - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Telemedicine for management of patients with COPD? 27 Aug 2009
• The power of video conferencing in surgical practice and education. 29 Jun 2009
• Overcoming distance: video-conferencing as a clinical and educational tool among surgeons. 29 Jun 2009
• The Africa Teledermatology Project: preliminary experience with a sub-Saharan teledermatology and e-learning program. 29 Jun 2009
• Physician attitudes toward regionalization of adult critical care: a national survey. 29 Jun 2009
• Through the wire. Telemedicine program helps improve critical care in rural region. 27 Jun 2009
• Telestroke networking offers multiple benefits beyond thrombolysis. 16 Jun 2009
• Telemedicine in stroke: organizing a network--rationale and baseline principles. 16 Jun 2009
• Implementation of telepathology in the republic of georgia. 30 May 2009
• Telethinking with Rifat Latifi, M.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser. 30 May 2009
• Technology and home care: implementing systems to enhance aging in place. 30 May 2009
• Off-site expert support for nurses undertaking ECGs in primary care. 29 Apr 2009
• A technological life buoy: patient perceptions of the Health Buddy. 29 Apr 2009
• Time is brain. Stroke--like trauma--demands immediate, definitive treatment. 29 Apr 2009
• Impact of an intensive care unit telemedicine program on a rural health care system. 29 Apr 2009
• Telethinking with Karen S. Rheuban, M.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser. 30 Mar 2009
• Living made easy. Interview by Sue Laird. 30 Mar 2009
• Rural child and adolescent telepsychiatry: successes and struggles. 30 Mar 2009
• Telemedicine in rural pediatric care: the fundamentals. 30 Mar 2009
• Toll-free telephone medical information on nocturnal enuresis: the first Italian experience over a two-year period. 17 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Telemedicine'

Definition: Delivery of health services via remote telecommunications. This includes interactive consultative and diagnostic services.

Descriptor UI: D017216

Alternative terms: Telemedicine;

Related Mesh Headings: Telemetry;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation; manpower; methods;

Tree Number: H02.403.840; L01.178.847.652; N04.590.374.800;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: "deliv of health serv via remote telecommun"; note specifics; DF: TELEMED