Tag: telemedicine
Post-discharge Care Using Telemedicine: Pre-pandemic vs. Pandemic Care
Expansion of virtual post-discharge visits to include all patients and telephone calls did not negatively impact rates of 30-day post-discharge hospital encounters. Offering tele-health options for post-discharge follow-up... read more
How One Patient Was Treated for a Stroke Via Telemedicine
A patient believed to have suffered a stroke typically gets transported to the nearest emergency room for tests to determine the best course of action. Telemedicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine enabled one patient to have... read more
Telemedicine in the ICU
This text provides a concise, yet comprehensive overview of telemedicine in the ICU. The first part of the book reviews common issues faced by practitioners and hospital administrators in implementing and managing tele-ICU... read more
From the Exposome to the Socioexposome in COVID-19 Research
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to expose how access to health care and delivery of care are important concerns, second only to the primary concern regarding exposure to the severe acute respiratory... read more
Patient Characteristics Associated With Telemedicine Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this cohort study of patients scheduled for primary care and medical specialty ambulatory telemedicine visits at a large academic health system during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, older patients, Asian patients,... read more
Effects of Telemedicine ICU Intervention on Care Standardization and Patient Outcomes
In this pre-post observational study, telemedicine ICU intervention was associated with improvements in care standardization and decreases in ICU and hospital mortality and length of stay. The mortality benefits were mediated... read more
Innovative Approaches to Patient Rehabilitation Maximize COVID-19 Recovery
People hospitalized with COVID-19 can experience debilitating physical changes — extreme fatigue, difficulty breathing and muscle weakness, says April Pruski, M.D., a Johns Hopkins physiatrist (a medical doctor who specializes... read more
New Technology Gives Parents Virtual Face Time With Their Hospitalized Children
The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) team at the University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) is offering a new way for families to interact with their child and the medical team when they can’t be there in person. PICU... read more
Critical Care Telemedicine: A Management Fad or the Future of ICU Practice?
Critical care telemedicine is a potential solution to the scarcity of critical care expertise, while quality and safe care can also be promoted through off-site surveillance, early warning capabilities, clinical decision... read more
Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics
This issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by Dr. Kianoush Kashani in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. John Kellum, is focused on Intensive Care Unit Telemedicine. Topics in this issue include: ICU telemedicine... read more
The Role of the Physician Assistant in Critical Care
Since inception in the mid-1960s, the Physician Assistant (PA) profession has grown to become an integral part of healthcare delivery. As the name implies, PAs were historically seen as assistants to the physician, helping... read more
Holographic Telepresence – Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level
Advancing technology is all set to bring in a new era of highly-realistic holographic Telepresence. Throughout the history of science fiction and video gaming, we've seen holograms come in various shapes and sizes. Today,... read more
Impact of Weekly Case-based Tele-education on Quality of Care in a Limited Resource Medical ICU
Limited critical care subspecialty training and experience is available in many low- and middle-income countries, creating barriers to the delivery of evidence-based critical care. We hypothesized that a structured tele-education... read more
Anesthesia Telemedicine: Assessing Hard-to-Reach Patients for Surgery
Medically fragile infants on ventilation support at community or rural hospitals without surgical services sometimes need those services. That poses a challenge for pediatric anesthesiologists who need to assess these babies... read more
Real-Time Patient-Provider Video Telemedicine Integrated with Clinical Care
Telemedicine by means of video visits can increase patient access to care, but there is little evidence about broad integration of video visits into existing clinical care, particularly for primary care.1,2 In an integrated... read more
Trends in Visits to Acute Care Venues for Treatment of Low-Acuity Conditions
From 2008 to 2015, total acute care utilization for the treatment of low-acuity conditions and associated spending per member in the United States increased, and utilization of non-ED acute care venues increased rapidly.... read more
The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points
Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years and is continuing to do so, with associated changes in multiple areas, including hospital structure and function. Here we describe in 10 points our vision of some of the ways... read more
A Digital Revolution in Health Care is Speeding Up
Telemedicine, predictive diagnostics, wearable sensors and a host of new apps will transform how people manage their health. In the longer term, the biggest upheaval may come from the large technology firms. Amazon and Google... read more
The Digital Capital of the World, Where Patients OWN Their Medical Data
E-ambulance is keyed onto X-Road, and allows paramedics to access patients' medical records, meaning that the team that arrives for your chest pains will have access to your latest cardiology report and E.C.G. Since 2011,... read more
ICU Telemedicine Program Financial Outcomes
The ability of properly modified ICU telemedicine programs to increase case volume and access to high-quality critical care with improved annual direct contribution margins suggests that there is a financial argument to encourage... read more
Telehealth more popular for scheduled and patient-focused visits
New report from CHIME and KLAS virtual care platforms are finding favor for scheduled and patient-focused visits, on-demand and consumer-focused meetings and telespecialty consults. Despite ongoing questions about reimbursement... read more
