The Future Of Health Care Delivery Is Available Today (USA)
Excellent and wide-ranging good news story by Connie Williams, the Democratic chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, no less. Published by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Day: 1 February 2007
State-of-the-art cardiac resynchronization therapy devices implanted (USA)
Cardiologists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center are among the first to use radio frequency technology to monitor the cardiovascular status of heart failure patients from their homes. Full story on AScribe.
The doctor will see you now – at home, in the car or even at Starbucks!
Announcement about Cardiophonics Telemedicine’s new mobile phone-based product ‘Care From Anywhere’
Could Home Telehealth Make Nursing Homes Obsolete for Baby Boomers?
Article about Lifetime Care’s use of Honeywell’s HomMed technologies. (Lifetime Care is a home health agency in Rochester, New York is a $5 billion not-for-profit health insurer that finances and delivers health care to more than 2 million people.)
Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign 2007 (US)
The Pennsylvania-based Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign 2007 seeks to unite the home care community under the shared vision of reducing avoidable hospitalizations to improve patient quality of care. It is running a 12-month multi-disciplinary approach to quality… Read moreHome Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign 2007 (US)