IT IN THE NEWS
ISM 5021 Information and
Technology Management
Melissa Faux
Dawn Golden
Susan Greenert
Holly Newell
TELEMEDICINE
AGENDA
Introduction
 Applications
 Benefits & Barriers
 Worldwide Examples & Trends
 Companies and Products
 Interesting Facts
 Conclusion
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INTRODUCTION
ATA DEFINITION
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Telemedicine is the use of
medical information exchanged
from one site to another via
electronic communications to
improve the patients' health
status.
INTRODUCTION
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A visit with the doctor has
evolved over the years.
Originally doctors made
house visits in order to
evaluate the patient.
INTRODUCTION
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Dr visits then evolved into a mass
production, whereby patients
traveled to the doctor’s physical
office to be evaluated. This
enabled the doctor to see many
patients in a single day due to the
elimination of the doctor’s travel
time.
The patients in turn incurred travel
time, time wasted in the waiting
rooms, and time spent waiting in
the patient rooms for the doctor or
nurse to appear.
INTRODUCTION
At times it can be difficult to
see a doctor due to the
limited number of
appointments available.
 If a doctor could not provide
a diagnosis, the patient
would be sent to another
doctor’s physical office to be
evaluated.
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APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
Telemedicine is not intended to replace the
doctor visits, but to supplement doctor visits.
 One major application is to obtain expert
advice from all around the country or nation.
 With the development of telemedicine, experts
can review x-rays, blood results, and various
other test results via the computer and provide
their input as to their opinions or diagnosis.
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APPLICATIONS
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Diagnostics can be performed
remotely for:
 Radiology
 Mental
Health
APPLICATIONS
 Cardiology
 Opthalmology
APPLICATIONS
 Ultrasound
 Pathology
APPLICATIONS
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Homebased
Consultations can
be performed
through video
conferencing.
APPLICATIONS
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Home Vital Signs
Monitoring allows
ECG, blood glucose,
blood pressure,
temperature, weight,
and ultrasound
measurements to be
taken from home and
sent to the doctor.
OTHER APPLICATIONS
Data Trending
 Automatic Alerts
 Distance Learning
 Peer Reviews
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BENEFITS AND BARRIERS
PATIENT BENEFITS
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Saves money on travel for
specialized care
Allows patients in remote locations
to get the opinion of a specialist
(better access to care)
Also allows different/regional
medicine options to be available to
a wider range of people (Ayurvedic,
Traditional Chinese, etc)
Telemedicine is convenient and
requires less travel or time off
from work
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
Assists people in isolated
communities who cannot get
to a doctor or hospital
 Supports local clinics, doctors
and pharmacies (by allowing
them a wider range of
services)
 Allows participation in clinical
trials for Rural communities
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PROVIDER BENEFITS
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Increases efficiency / decreases
medical errors
Allows doctors to diagnose overseas
patients without leaving the office
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Facilitates volunteer work in
undeveloped countries
Specialists can monitor several patients
or hospitals at once
Doctors can monitor patients’
diagnostics via cell (blood pressure,
glucose, etc)
Patients can see a local provider who
can consult a specialist (or another
doctor) via internet
BARRIERS
High costs associated with start up and
implementation
 Insurance plans may not support use of
telemedicine
 Rural areas do not have internet connectivity
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BARRIERS
Lack of confidentiality/security concerns
 Slow acceptance of technology
 More difficult to monitor doctor licenses and
ability
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WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES AND TRENDS
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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USA: Approximately 10
percent of the US
population is covered
under Medicare.
However, it accounts
for over one quarter of
all medical
expenditures.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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Both Medicare and
Tricare recipients can
now use Telemedicine.
According to the
American Telemedicine
Association,
reimbursement to the
health professional is
the same as the current
fee schedule.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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USA: According to The New York Times, of the
3.7 million military retirees that have access to
health insurance through their civilian employer
or group, approximately two million of them
stay on Tricare, the military's lifetime health
insurance program.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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The Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates, has
been making attempts to cut Pentagon
spending and has considered the use of
Telemedicine as a way to reduce the impact of
the 10 million people eligible for benefits in the
coming years.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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INDIA
 PathoIndia
is a virtual community for pathologists in
India. The portal is hosted by University of Basel,
Switzerland.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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AFRICA
 West
African Doctors & Healthcare Professionals
Network
 A virtual meeting place for doctors and other
health-care professionals to share information and
knowledge.
 Telemedicine Africa
 A web based patient consultation and training
service tailored to needs of local communities in
Africa.
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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NEPAL
 HealthNet
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Nepal
The project’s main objective is to “overcome the
isolation of health professionals by creating a
network of people and organizations linked by
appropriate, simple and inexpensive
communication technology.”
WORLDWIDE EXAMPLES
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Pakistan
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Creating awareness
University collaboration
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Rawalpindi Medical College
Agha Khan University
National University of Science & Technology
Approximately two hundred medical students were
enrolled in the five-year "Elixir Internship Program"
in order to learn Telemedicine, content building,
web maintenance and how to carry out health
related research.
The progress and learnings from this venture was
then relayed to top universities such as Stanford,
University of California, Los Angeles and University
of Southern California.
WORLDWIDE TRENDS
Telemedicine’s involvement in preventative care
has taken a huge step forward. Home health care
monitoring has been expanded through the use of
smartphones.
 Speakers at the 2010 World Congress summit
spoke of the importance of smartphones in
telemedicine. Harry Wang, director of mobile and
health research at Parks Associates noted in a PC
World reports article that his firm believes more
than 70 percent of Americans will have
smartphones by 2015.
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WORLDWIDE TRENDS
He noted that some hospitals already are using
iPhones as glucose monitors and patients can
see reduced expenses when conducting tests
such as at-home sleep studies.
 Parks Associates, a Dallas-based research
company, forecasts U.S. sales of wireless
home-health technology to soar to $4.4 billion
in 2013 from just $304 million this year, in part
due to the federal stimulus money for health IT.
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COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
COMPANIES & PRODUCTS
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AMD provides monitoring devices and software.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Cisco uses HealthPresence, Telepresence, and
WebEx to provide remote care in Argentina.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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A and D Medical features a Connected Health
product line including a wireless activity
monitor.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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The Bosch Health Buddy connects patients to
their care providers and reduces hospital visits.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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TMED provides an affordable solution with
encrypted web based video conference and
patient monitoring on a standard PC.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
CARDIOCOM’s OMNIVISOR enables case or
disease managers and clinicians to receive
information about patients' daily vital signs and
symptoms.
 BLOOD PRESSURE • GLUCOMETER • PEAK
FLOW • MEDICAL SCALE • PULSE OXIMETER
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COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Nonin’s Wrist Pulse Oximeter provides wireless
monitoring.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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EasyMedMobile provides
 Automated
medication reminders
 Real-time monitoring
 Data collection (questionnaires)
 Electronic Health Records
 Remote access via smartphone or web browser
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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CJPS Medical’s Vitalpoint provide better care by
providing continuous monitoring to help
prevent re-admissions and early detection of a
potentially harmful event.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Express MD Solutions provides an electronic
monitoring system and web service to connect
the patient and physician for chronic care
management.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Sigma’s Skop records heart and lung sounds
and transmits them over the internet.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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MD Live Care provides
a network of
telemedicine
healthcare providers
and lets you make
virtual appointments.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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ZoomMD provides
an I-phone
application for
prescriptions to be
sent directly to a
pharmacist.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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NuPhysicia –
Medicineatwork
examines heart, lungs,
skin, throat, ears.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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GE –provides a pocket sized ultrasound
imaging device.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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ICUcare – Edoc
provides a routine
medical exam on
wheels with video
conferencing.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Intouch Health – Remote Presence
removes barriers of time and
distance. The RP7 robot provides
virtual presence and allows direct
connection to Class II medical devices
to send data. Increases hospital
capacity.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Cybernet Medical trends patient data and
alerts a physician on their mobile device.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Socket – A handheld PDA for medical use
includes a barcode reader and RFID reader to
manage bedside drug delivery and patient
records.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Logitech – HD technology can be used for
speech therapy. Lifesize provides telepresence
in a compact platform.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Welch Allyn – The EHR connectivity initiative
makes their medical devices accessible to a
universal standard for recording medical device
data. Their products include vital signs
monitors, cardio monitors, digital otoscopes.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Capsule – touchscreen data collection and
connectivy platform. Enterprise Connectivity
Solution for hospitals brings together any
device with the hospital health information
system.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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Websites such as Cardiosmart allow you to
track your vital signs.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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My Mood Monitor is a website
that lets you screen for
depression and anxiety
symptoms.
COMPANIES AND PRODUCTS
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The myHalo system helps aging
seniors stay in their own home
longer by automatically
detecting falls and signaling for
help when needed. myHalo
visualizes key vitals (heart rate,
temperature, and ADLs) from an
interactive 24/7 dashboard; and
tracks compliance levels and
quantifies physical activity.
INTERESTING FACTS
INTERESTING FACTS
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Studies by the several agencies within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services,
private vendors and assessments by ATA of its
membership place the number of existing
telemedicine networks in the United States at
roughly 200.
INTERESTING FACTS
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The impact of these programs can be felt 10
times over, as they link almost 2,000 medical
institutions throughout the country. Of these
programs, about 100 are actively providing
patient care services on a daily basis while the
others are primarily used for administrative or
educational use.
INTERESTING FACTS
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Cost savings from Telemedicine can be
considerable. British health officials have
recently included the use of Telemedical
technology as part of a $31.6 billion dollar costsavings plan.
INTERESTING FACTS
At a recent health IT conference, a speaker
noted home monitoring-related savings through
reduced hospital admissions, emergency care,
and readmissions by almost $78.9 million.
 The conference’s focus surrounded
empowering individuals to make better
decisions about their own health, while
eliminating industry jargon and long wait times.
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CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION - TELEMEDICINE
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Technology
CONCLUSION - TELEMEDICINE
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Integration
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE
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Rapid Response
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE
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Cost Savings
CONCLUSION-TELEMEDICINE
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Improved Healthcare
THANK YOU
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Music
 Intro
by Antiloop
 Kalimba by Mr. Scruff
 Baladi We Hetta by Hossam Ramzy
 Atomic Dance Explosion
 333 by Cabala
 JellyHead