Crimson Publishers-Telemedicine in Urology and Nephrology
Telemedicine feb. 12, 2014
1. Healthcare Technology and the
Networks Which Make it Happen
Organized by: HEALTHePRACTICES & iCAN-Global
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
8:00AM -10:00 AM EST
Fordham University - Room 228
400 Westchester Avenue West
Harrison, NY 10604
2. Morning Agenda
1. Welcome by Les Neumann, CEO of iCAN-Global
2. Sponsor – Windstream Communications
3. Presentations
4. Audience Survey- Broadstrokes, Inc.
5. Panel Discussion
6. Closing Remarks by Howard Reis, HEALTHePRACTICES
5. Definition
Telemedicine is the use of medical information
exchanged from one site to another via electronic
communications to improve a patients’ clinical
health status.
Name Game:
Telemedicine, Telehealth, mHealth, Telecare
6. Telemedicine
Focused on patient care
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Telehealth
Mobile Health (mHealth)
Remote Monitoring
Outsourced Specialty Services
7. Why Telemedicine?
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Physician Shortage
Distribution of Expertise
It Works
Cost Savings
Patients Like It
Pilot program study finds pediatric obesity patients like telehealth services
– UCLA – December 2013
How OHSU used telemedicine to save a baby's life – Nov. 2013
Study: Telehealth raises satisfaction, reduces hospital stays
12. 10M Patients Served by
Telemedicine (2012)
Outsourced Specialists
Teleradiology
Internet Clinical Consults
Cardiac Monitoring
Remote Monitoring
Civilian Network Consults
Jonathan D. Linkous, American Telemedicine Association
