Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient's health.

What is Telecardiology?

Telecardiology is a modern medical practice, which uses the power of telecommunications to achieve remote diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This includes coronary heart disease, chronic and acute, as well as arrhythmias, congestive cardiac failure and sudden cardiac arrest.

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Latest Telemedicine News and Research

Columbia behavioral scientist uses data science to confront healthcare inequality

Kai Ruggeri's research has one overriding objective: to improve the well-being of populations by confronting inequality.

8 Jul 2020

New COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center launched

The Transplant Research and Education Center, housed at the Terasaki Research Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), launched the COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center on June 17, 2020.

2 Jul 2020

Tele-med.ai: New information resource launched by Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine

Russia celebrates Medical Worker Day on the third Sunday of June. This year, most holidays are being held online, and the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine celebrated its professional holiday online too.

2 Jul 2020

Jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients can be checked remotely via smartphone video app

A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the camera on a smartphone. The finding is especially timely as telemedicine expands during the pandemic.

1 Jul 2020

New app to check patient's jugular venous pressure

1 Jul 2020

ACR releases position statement supporting the role of telemedicine in rheumatology

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has released an official position statement supporting the role of telemedicine as a tool with the potential to increase access and improve care for patients with rheumatic diseases.

29 Jun 2020

UVA Health receives FCC grant to expand use of COVID-19 telehealth care

The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health $767,139 this week to expand UVA's use of telehealth for patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 Jun 2020

ASPS conducts survey to gauge public's mindset on preferred treatments

As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how plastic surgeons will care for patients and how they operate their practices, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently conducted a member survey to understand what procedures were top of mind among patients to gauge whether the public's mindset on preferred treatments has shifted.

26 Jun 2020

Fearing the deadly combo of COVID-19 and cancer

Three Tuesdays each month, Katherine O'Brien straps on her face mask and journeys about half an hour by Metra rail to Northwestern University's Lurie Cancer Center.

25 Jun 2020

Research highlights critical barriers that can limit patients' access to medications

Nearly 70 percent of patients have made personal or financial sacrifices to afford prescribed medications according to new research released by CoverMyMeds, highlighting the impact of one of the most common medication access challenges.

23 Jun 2020

Collaboration between human and artificial intelligence has huge potential in medicine

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in medicine to support human expertise. However, the potential of these applications and the risks inherent in the interaction between human and artificial intelligence has not yet been thoroughly researched.

23 Jun 2020

Pandemic forced insurers to pay for in-home treatments. Will they disappear?

After seven days as an inpatient for complications related to heart problems, Glenn Shanoski was initially hesitant when doctors suggested in early April that he could cut his hospital stay short and recover at home — with high-tech 24-hour monitoring and daily visits from medical teams.

23 Jun 2020

COVID-19 opens new opportunities for CGM systems in the diabetic care market

Following reports that people with diabetes are among the most vulnerable to serious complications caused by COVID-19, the demand of continuous glucose monitors (CGM) is rising. According to GlobalData, the global CGM market was valued at $3.3bn in 2019 prior to the pandemic.

23 Jun 2020

Infants tested positive for COVID-19 mostly have mild illness with fever

A report from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago shows that infants under 90 days of age who tested positive for COVID-19 tend to be well, with little or no respiratory involvement. Fever was often found to be the primary or only symptom.

21 Jun 2020

Voice analysis by smartphone app detects lung congestion in heart failure patients

Voice analysis by a smartphone app identifies lung congestion in heart failure patients, allowing early intervention before their condition deteriorates.

19 Jun 2020

COVID-19 collaborative program reduces mortality in long-term care facilities

A collaborative program developed at UVA Health to work with local long-term care facilities control COVID-19 is saving lives and offers a model for communities across the country, a new scientific paper reports.

18 Jun 2020

COVID-19 pandemic affects sexual and reproductive health of young people

Social distancing and limited access to contraceptive and abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Rutgers University.

18 Jun 2020