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Chronic Illness Care

Sarasohn-Kahn, J. (2009, September). "Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Care." Good description of costs of chronically ill care and problems. Starting on page 10 describes and provides examples of several computer applications that have been successfully used in chronic care.
http://www.chcf.org/publications/2009/09/participatory-health-online-and-mobile-tools-help-chronically-ill-manage-their-care

Federal Government Initiatives

Privacy, Confidentiality and Security. Details how HIPAA applies to telemedicine. http://www.telehealthresourcecenter.org/toolbox-module/privacy-confidentiality-and-security

Confidentiality, and Legal Components of Telemedicine. Looks at telemedicine worldwide. Probably dates from about 2004.
www.vannas.se/default.aspx?di=4552

2001 Report to Congress on Telemedicine.
http://connected-health.org/policy/federal-and-state/external-resources/2001-report-to-congress-on-telemedicine.aspx

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Publications. Provides links to great information about telehealth.
http://www.hrsa.gov/telehealth/

CMS Final Rule Proposal: Changes Affecting Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation: Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging.
http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-04443_PI.pdf

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Installing a technology in a client's home

Role of Nurses in Installing Telehealth Technology in the Home: Discussion. One needs to register for a free account at Medscape to see this.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/508913_5

Reimbursement

Medicare Payment of Telemedicine and Telehealth Services January 22, 2007
www.ttuhsc.edu/telemedicine/documents/medicare_pymnt_telemed_01_07.pdf

Medicare Reimbursement (2011). Great help.
http://www.ctel.org/expertise/reimbursement/medicare-reimbursement/

Reimbursement for telehealth services (2011)
http://www.apapracticecentral.org/update/2011/03-31/reimbursement.aspx

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Role of Nurse in Telehealth

Hutcherson, Carolyn (2001). Legal Considerations for Nurses Practicing in a Telehealth Setting. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals
/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume62001/No3Sept01/LegalConsiderations.aspx

Telehealth Standards for Practicing Nurses in New Hampshire.
www.nh.gov/nursing/practice/documents/telehealth.doc

Telehealth: The Role of the Nurse. From the Canadian Nurses Association.
http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/PS89_Telehealth_e.pdf

Robotics

Robots in Healthcare. Interesting information and links to more reports.
http://www.kineticconsulting.co.uk/robots.html

Robots will aid in healthcare as population ages (2009, April 16). Discussion of robots in surgery, as well as items such as a robot arm. Click on "Robotics to assist in healthcare" at the top and "roboticarm" at the bottom of the text.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041609-robots-will-aid-in-health.html

Video Games, Robots and Healthcare ( 2009, March 7). Includes a video about the use of robotics in rehabilitation.
http://blog.masstlc.org/2009/03/video-games-robots-and-healthcare.html

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Telehealth

Articles on telehealth from the peer reviewed OJIN.
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/
OJIN/JournalTopics/Telehealth.aspx

American Telemedicine Association
http://www.americantelemed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Medicaid & Home Telehealthcare: It’s Time (2007, August). This site discusses advantages for home telehealthcare in this population. Links to some interviews with managers of home healthcare.
http://www.informationfortomorrow.com/community/LookHomeward0807.htm

Doty, Carlton A. (2008) Delivering Care Anytime, Anywhere: Telehealth Alters the Medical Ecosystem. Full report that can be downloaded from the California Health Foundation.
http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemID=133787

Glossary of Telehealth Terms.
http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/telehealth/Glossary.htm

Lattimer, V. Sassi, F., George, S., Turnbull, J., Mullee, M., &Smith, H. (2000). Cost analysis of nurse telephone consultation in out of hours primary care: evidence from a randomised controlled trial. [Electronic Version] British Medical Journal 1320, 1053-1057. Although the figures are old and British the methods could be used anyplace.
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/320/7241/1053?maxtoshow=&
HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Cost+analysis+of+
nurse+telephone+consultation+in+ &searchid= 1044471429212_10742&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0
&resourcetype=1,2,3,4,10

Schlachta-Fairchild, Loretta; Elfrink, Victoria; Deickman, Andrea. (2008). Patient Safety, Telenursing, and Telehealth. Evidence-based review and recommendations for the use Telehealth and Telenursing as Tools for Patient Safety, authored by yours truly and team. Hope you will all find this publication helpful in advancing the use of Telenursing.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/docs/SchlachtaL_PSTT.pdf

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Telehome Care

Elford, Rod. An Introduction to Telehome Care. Easily read description. Discusses types and benefits for both the patient and the healthcare provider and presents some evidence supporting telehome care.
http://www.telehealth.ca/intrototelehomecare.html

Telehomecare and Remote Monitoring: An Outcomes Overview (2007, Oct 21). Link to a report, which is based on a review of published studies on telehomecare and remote monitoring, as well as several current case studies, focused primarily on how these technologies have impacted the care of patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
http://www.connected-health.org/programs/diabetes/research-materials--external-resources/telehomecare-and-remote-monitoring-an-outc

Telehomenurse. Twenty Minutes in the Life of a Tele-Home Health Nurse. An excellent article, very easy to read, from Telemedicine Today describing the use of telehealth in home nursing.
http://www.telemedtoday.com/articles/Telehomenurse.shtml

Teletrauma

Pyke, Bob (2005, May 11). Teletrauma... From myth to reality? An interview with Dr. Rifat Latifi. Describes the use in Arizona.
http://www.hoise.com/vmw/05/articles/vmw/LV-VM-06-05-7.html

Teletrauma from the University of Miami Health Center. Description of uses.
http://www.umtelehealth.com/projects/teletrauma/

'Teletrauma' Tools Help Boost Emergency Care in Rural Areas of Maine (2009).
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2009/11/3/teletrauma-tools-help-boost-emergency-care-in-rural-areas-of-maine.aspx?topic=telehealth

EMS Network: Ambulance 2.0. Lifebot® Technology Creates "Super Ambulances." (2011)
http://www.lifebot.us.com/news/emsnetwork-ambulance-2-0-lifebot-technology-creates-super-ambulances/

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Websites from the Text in Chapter 21

Telemedicine Information Exchange http://tie.telemed.org/links/specialties.asp (No longer available) Instead you might want to try the American Telemedicine Association at
http://www.americantelemed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Phillips Motiva http://www.medical.philips.com/goto/motiva

Automatic pill dispenser http://www.epill.com/md2video.html

Heart Failure Management System. An example is available at http://www.cinc.org/Proceedings/2006/pdf/0237.pdf

Telemental Health, a special interest group of the ATA, website at http://www.americantelemed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3326

Telehealth nursing certification http://www.aaacn.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AAACNMain.woa/wa/viewSection?s_id=1073743906

 

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Websites from the Reference List in Chapter 21

American Telemedicine Association. (2010). Telemedicine defined. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://www.americantelemed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3333

American Telemedicine Association. (n.d.). Telemedicine/telehealth terminology. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://www.americantelemed.org/files/public/abouttelemedicine/Terminology.pdf

Banner, H. (2007, May 11). Banner health to add 50 new eICU beds in valley. Retrieved February 14, 2008, from http://www.bannerhealth.com/About+Us/News+Center/Press+Releases/Banner+
Health+adds+50+eICU+beds.htm (No longer available)

Banner, H. (2010). iCare intensive care, utilizing eICU technology. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.bannerhealth.com/Locations/Colorado/North+Colorado+Medical+Center/
Programs+and+Services/iCare+Intensive+Care+Unit.htm (No longer available)

Block, C. (2010, April 21). UTMB responds to disasters. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://telemedicinenews.blogspot.com/2010/04/utmb-responds-to-disasters.html

Business Wire. (2007, December 11). Honeywell HomMed partners with Procura to offer comprehensive telehealth solution. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications-information/5329380-1.html

Carmichael, M. (2005, March 1). Combat stress teams and telemedicine: The new strategies for helping soldiers cope with war. Retrieved February 15, 2008, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heart/readings/telemedicine.html

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2009, July). Fact sheet: Telehealth services. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.telemedicine.com/pdfs/TelehealthSrvcsfctsht.pdf

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. (2007). Virtual robotic doctor’ working with intensive care staff at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.chla.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ipINKTOAJsG&b=3793521&ct=4909875

EMHS. (2010). EMHS telehealth: Improving access to healthcare in Maine’s rural communities. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://emh.com/dynamic.aspx?id=14710

Federation of American Scientists. (n.d.). Glossary. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/usaf/2020/app-v.htm

Gallagher-Lepack, S., Scheibel, P., & Gibson, C. C. (2009). Integrating telehealth in nursing curricula: Can you hear me now? Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 13(2), 16. Retrieved from http://ojni.org/13_2/GallagherLepak.pdf

Health Resources and Services Administration. (2003, October). Telemedicine reimbursement report. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.hrsa.gov/telehealth/pubs/reimbursement.htm (No longer available) Instead go to www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/telehealth/reimburse.pdf

International Council of Nurses. (2010). Network history. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://www.icn.ch/networks/tele-network-history/

InTouch Health. (n.d.-a). 24–7 coverage for patients at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Retrieved February 14, 2008, from http://www.intouchhealth.com/rpnews_081607-RP-7_Remote_Presence_Robots_help_provide_24-7_Coverage_for_Patients_at_The_Methodist_Hospital_in_Houston.html

InTouch Health. (n.d.-b). Increased neuro-ICU coverage in an academia setting. UCLA Today. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from
www.intouchhealth.com/2UCLA-Neuro-ICU.pdf

InTouch Health.(n.d.-c). Products: Overview. Retrieved November 5, 2010, from http://www.intouchhealth.com/products.html

Kane, D. (2010, June 17). NanoEngineers print and test chemical sensors on elastic waistbands of underwear. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/06-17ElasticWaistbands.asp

Koninklijke Philips Electronics. (2007, November 1). St. Lucas Andreas Hospital to start home monitoring of cardiac patients using Philips remote system. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from
http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/standard/about/news/press/20071101_
stlucas_andreas_hospital.wpd

Leapfrog Group. (2010, February 23). ICU staffing. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.leapfroggroup.org/media/file/FactSheet_IPS.pdf

Lynch, A. (1998). Bleeding sailor performs self surgery via e-mail/Boston doctor advises solo racer – SFGate. Retrieved October 20, 2010, from http://articles.sfgate.com/1998-11-19/news/17737296_1_viktor-yazykov-sailor-e-mail

Markle Foundation, American Medical Association, & Gold Standard. (2006, June 13). Lessons from KatrinaHealth. Retrieved October 29, 2010, from http://katrinahealth.org/katrinahealth.final.pdf (No longer available) Instead go to http://www.markle.org/publications/894-lessons-katrinahealth

Mattia, J. (2007, May 21). How Piedmont Hospital cut heart failure patient readmissions by 75 percent. Retrieved February 3, 2008, from http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/89750/topic/WS_HLM2_TEC/How-Piedmont-Hospital-Cut-Heart-Failure-Patient-Readmissions-by-75-Percent.html

UC Davis Medicine. (2007, Spring). Telemedicine extends trauma care to rural areas. Retrieved October 30, 2010, from http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ucdavismedicine/issues/spring2007/features/3.html

Wood, D. (2011). Telehealth successes in patient health management  Retrieved August 31, 2011, from http://www.amnhealthcare.com/News/news-details.aspx?Id=35158

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