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Title: E-Health On the Horizon: Better broadband connections, aging...

Author: McGee, Marianne Kolbasuk Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Information Week, v989 p53(7) Publication Date: May 17, 2004
  ISSN: 8750-6874
  Illustrations: Charts
URL of Publication: http://www.informationweek.com

Telemedicine, or E-health, involves remote examination and diagnosis of patients. Applications for telemedicine are growing, but obstacles to acceptance include resistance to reimbursement by Medicare and health insurance companies, reluctance on the part of some doctors and patients to trust new technology. It is providing benefits in a number of areas, however. In Arizona and Alaska, telemedicine is being used for eye and vision examinations for diabetic American Indians living on reservations. Monitoring of chronic diseases is a common use. Heart Alert uses it to monitor daily from their homes the blood pressure and weight of cardiac patients cardiac patients, and has shown dramatic reductions in hospitalizations. Digital photography of skin conditions and wounds in people with diabetes and other diseases is another use. Partners HealthCare is using digital photography to help home-care nurses care for patients better by linking them with physicians remotely. Home health care monitoring devices like those sold by RadioShack are becoming more popular, and health care providers are expected to offer remote services linked to them. Telemedicine is also being used to eliminate the need for face-to-face consultations on second opinions for cancer patients, with good results.

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