During the annual American Medical Association (AMA) meeting, the AMA voted to approve a list of guiding principles for ensuring the appropriate coverage and payment for telemedicine services. The principles aim to help foster innovation in the use of telemedicine, protect the patient-physician relationship, and promote improved care coordination and communication with medical homes. (more…)
Helping Veterans Use Telehealth
The Veterans Administration’s use of telehealth can be via Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT), home monitoring, or by using mobile devices to match the clinical need. The VA’s Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) program published a research highlight titled “Providing Care Closer to Home: The role of Virtual Points of Access”. (more…)
Database to Help Researchers
UCLA www.ucla.edu has developed a new database featuring hundreds of brain scans and other key clinical information to help researchers tease out similarities and differences between many chronic pain conditions. (more…)
Developing International Partnerships
The Galien Foundation and UBIFRANCE the French agency for international business development are joining forces to enable, encourage, and reward international partnerships between French and North American innovators within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical technology, healthcare industries, and e-health industries. (more…)
Navy’s New Consult Service
Navy Medicine East (NME) and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) are using telemedicine technology as a key component for their new consult service “Health Experts onLine at Portsmouth” or called HELP. Providers seeking answers from specialists can be independent duty corpsmen on small ships, medical officers on carriers, doctors at military hospitals, and clinics without local access to specific specialties. (more…)
Helping Senior Patients Avoid Falls
Each year, one out of three adults aged 65 and over falls with a third of these falls resulting in moderate to severe injuries that can lead to further decline in health, loss of independence, and even death. NIH and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) have joined together to support a clinical trial to test individually tailored interventions to prevent fall-related injuries. (more…)
Legislation Amended on Capitol Hill
On June 4, 1011, Representative Robert B. Aderholt introduced the Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2015 (H.R.4800) that included funding for distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband. (more…)