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Subject: home telehealth (telemonitoring)
Author: Kevin Cassin
Date: April, 2008
A study to query the sequence of medical professionals, hospital liaisons, quality controls, and home health nurses about the implementation of telemonitoring. Looking at what barriers stood in the way of a telemonitor protocol from becoming the standard of practice, and what changes where deemed necessary to bring this technology to home health services provided by RHHS.
Subject: legal
Author: Carolyn Bloch
Date: December, 2007
References are from a presentation given by Carolyn Bloch of the Federal Telemedicine News Update at the Association of Telehealth Service Providers's Legal, Regulatory, and Federal Update Teleconference in May 2007.
Subject: rural health
Author: Julie Kittelsrud CNP, Julie Fieldsend RN, Donald T Bishop DVM, MD, Din Chen PhD, William Knoflicek PhD and Mary C Dressing MMS, LPC, RD, LN
Date: August, 2007
The article reports on a study that compares the efficacy of a weight loss program (OPTIFAST) in a conventional multidisciplinary weight loss clinic compared with its use via three telehealth outreach protocols in a rural population.
Subject: applications
Author: Dr. Janet Grady and Dr. Poldi Tschirch
Date: December 12, 2006
Proceedings from am AHRQ funded conference that was convened to create an initial statement of telehealth nursing research priorities.
Subject: programs
Author: Harold German
Date: February 28, 2006
Telepsychiatry is an innovative way to manage through surviving natural disasters.
Subject: programs
Author: TIE staff
Date: November 30, 2005
Providing qualified emergency care in rural hospitals with low patient volumes can be cost prohibitive
Subject: telepsych
Author: Craig S. Judd, MA and Kathlene B. LaCour, MA
Date: November 23, 2005
A brief overview of conducting effective telephone triage for suicide screening.
Subject: programs
Author: TIE staff
Date: November 11, 2005
Located in Indina, ARC Telediagnosis provides telemedicine consultations
for radiology,ophthalmology and psychiatry.
Subject: programs
Author: TIE staff
Date: November 11, 2005
Located in Switzerland, the telepathology network of the department of pathology
Basel is an Internet-based telemedicine platform which is used by a number of groups for
consultations, teaching and case presentations. A major part of the network are
telepathology consultations for developing countries.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Elizabeth E. Hogue
Date: January/February 2005
A review of how to manage some of the liabilities associated with providing tele-homecare, focusing on
liability for negligence and liability for abandonment.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Karen Utterback, RN, MSN
Date: January/February, 2005
Citing the shrinking pool of clinicians, an aging and more chronically ill population,
tighter regulations, and declining reimbursement, this article promotes a shift away from reactive
care to a proactive care model using interactive telehealth technology.
Subject: applications
Author: Nancy Brown
Date: January, 2005
Extensive list of references on mental health care for the rural elderly, including telehealth and face-to-face care.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (understanding telemedicine), consumer
Author: Nancy Brown
Date: September 28, 1996 (updated January 13, 2005)
An introduction to telemedicine.
Subject: legal (accreditation)
Author: Eileen Sullivan, MLIS, Larry Hiner M.S., and Dale Alverson MD
Date: September/October, 2004
A follow-up to an article by the on Participating in the Regulatory Process.
In this second installment, the authors describe the preparation work conducted in anticipation of a Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) review in 2003 at the University of
New Mexico Center for Telehealth (CfTH).
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Rita Kobb
Date: July/August 2004
A brief discussion of the activities of the ATA sponsored Home Telehealth SIG.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Katsuhiko Ogasawara Ph.D.
Date: July/August, 2004
Describes a study designed to develop and evaluate a movie transmission system for visiting nursing and rehabilitation using a movie cellular phone.
Subject: legal (accreditation)
Author: Larry Hiner M.S., Dale Alverson MD, and Eileen Sullivan, MLIS
Date: July/August, 2004
Explores why telehealth professionals should engage in the process of defining standards for regulation entities like JCAHO, and
how to establish a representative mechanism to reflect telehealth professionals' views in this process.
Subject: home telehealth, consumer
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: July/August, 2004
An overview of the current technology and practice trends related to telehospice care.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (training and education)
Author: Stephen C. Weeg Med, B. Hudnall Stamm PhD, Kenny Cutler and Barbara J. Cunningham MPA MBA
Date: July/August, 2004
How Idaho used telehealth to provide continuing education to rural health professionals.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Janice Blanchard, MSPH, CSA
Date: May/June, 2004
Noting that preliminary research into home monitoring technology has focused on cost-effectiveness
and technological efficiency, this article explores moral and ethical issues as they pertain to home monitoring
technology and elder clients.
Subject: legal (licensure)
Author: Nancy Brown
Date: May/June, 2004
An update on which states have adopted the Nurse Licensure Compact.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Janet L. Grady, DrPH, RN and Carole Berkebile, MEd, RN
Date: September/October, 2004
The NTAI is a three-armed research project headquartered at Mt. Aloysius College that
is dedicated to improving nursing education and practice. The first arm focuses on the integration
of telehealth and nursing information technologies into the nursing curriculum; the second focuses
on the establishment of a remote site at a military treatment facility for a Virtual Clinical
Practicum; the third consists of a clinical trial intended to define and test relevant leading-edge
telehealth methods and technologies in the area of CHF home care.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Craig Lehmann, PhD, CC (NRCC) FACB, Jean Marie Giacini, BS
Date: May/June, 2004
Beginning with an overview of the costs of CHF to our health care delivery system, this
article describes a pilot study that examined the clinical and economic benefits of providing CHF patients
direct access to practitioners via telehealth technology.
Subject: home telehealth, programs
Author: George Demiris PhD, Debra R. Parker Oliver PhD, Davina Porock PhD, and Karen Courtney RN, MSN
Date: May/June, 2004
Describes the past experience and future direction of the Missouri Telehospice Project, which in 2002 began using portable videophones with embedded cameras operated via regular analog phone lines.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (training and education)
Author: n/a
Date: March/April, 2004
A brief look at the telepharmacy training program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (program planning)
Author: Glen Effertz
Date: March/April, 2004
How to use a business case to convince the other decision makers in the organization.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications)
Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
Date: January/February, 2004
How to get what you want from a service level agreements for telecommunications services.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (technology)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: November/December, 2003
The advantages and disadvantages of physicians' use of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology.
Subject: legal (telecommunications and universal service)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: November, 2003
Overview of Universal Service from 1998 to 2003.
Subject: legal (medicare and medicaid, reimbursement)
Author: Donel Lauderdale, M.S.E., Cheryl Lacsamama, B.S.*, and Susan E. Palsbo, Ph.D.
Date: September/October, 2003
Report on a study assessing the extent to which state Medicaid reimbursement was following
the lead of federal Medicare reimbursement, and in the amount of individual discretion that Medicaid program directors
have in paying for telemedicine services.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications), consumer
Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
Date: May/June 2003
An overview of what exactly Wi-Fi is and what can it do for a medical enterprise.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications)
Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
Date: March/April 2003
On overview of firewalls, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technologies as
a basis for other products and services, particularly for offices that have remote workers and that have, or are thinking
about, implementing virtual private networks (VPNs).
Subject: legal (other), consumer
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: January, 2003
A look at the growing concern over the increase in medical errors.
Subject: legal (other), consumer
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: November, 2002
An overview of state and federal action against Internet pharmacies.
Subject: legal (other)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: July, 2002
An examination of telemedicine's effect on medical liability.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (legal issues and barriers), legal (licensure), consumer
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: May, 2002
Licensure for telenursing presents many distinct challenges.
Subject: legal (other)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: June 1, 2001
On May 24, 2001 the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted an advisory opinion, 01-5, with implications for emergency telemedicine care in ambulances.
Subject: funding, telemedicine 101 (program planning)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: June 1, 2001
TIE staff interviewed three key telemedicine leaders in Iowa, Fred Eastman, Jim Reid and Susan Zollo to find out
how their telemedicine programs were handling the conclusion of their federal grants and/or contracts.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: March 30, 2001
The advantages and disadvantages of physicians' use of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology.
Subject: legal (other)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: March 16, 2001
In November 1998 and December 1999, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General
(OIG) issued two opinions that focused exclusively on telemedicine. Both opinions center on the aspect of equipment and
other benefits shared between hub sites, spoke sites and practitioners, and the overarching theme is the avoidance of providing kickbacks for referrals.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (legal issues and barriers), legal (privacy and HIPAA)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: February 23, 2001
Many of the basic and critical concepts are described as they relate to the practice of telemedicine and telehealth. In addition,
this summary includes some of the first steps health care entities will want to take as they approach the compliance dates.
Subject: legal (medicare and medicaid, reimbursement)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: February 28, 2001
The details about CMS's first attempt at Medicare reimbursement for teleconsultations, and learn about new provisions which passed Congress December 2000.
Subject: home telehealth, consumer
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: January 25, 2001
Traces the paths of development for smart houses and home telehealth.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (program planning)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: October 25, 2000
Needs assessment is a decision-making tool that can be applied to developing telemedicine programs:
Includes a sample needs assessment tool from the AFHCAN Project in Alaska.
Subject: legal (licensure)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: September 25, 2000
Administrative rules make Oregon's law the most restrictive telemedicine license anywhere in the nation.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: July 17, 2000
Discusses the ways in which telehealth can help meet the changes imposed by the Prospective Payment System (PPS)
are discussed, as well as use of basic low-tech tools such as the telephone, to provide telehomecare services.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: June 30, 2000
This article scratches the surface of telecommunication terminology and concepts, introducing several key ideas.
Subject: market
Author: Bill Grigsby
Date: June 6, 2000
Director of research at Feedback Research Services, Fran Fields, answers the tough questions about the elusive pursuit of a market analysis for telemedicine.
Subject: legal (licensure)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: May 31, 2000
A restrictive telemedicine licensure bill (SB 2492) failed to move out of a
committee in Florida's Legislature. The bill included language that would have required full
licensure for all physicians from other states that practice medicine in Florida.
Subject: legal (medicare and medicaid, reimbursement)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: April 4, 2000
Learn about telemedicine reimbursement through Medicaid, which was approved in at least 14 U.S. states in 1999.
Subject: legal (privacy and HIPAA)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: April 4, 2000
Summary of the role of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA, Public Law 104-191) on the practice of telemedicine as well as the tensions between privacy advocates and commercial health care interests.
Subject: legal (medicare and medicaid, reimbursement)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: March 26, 2000
While the health care industry awaits CMS's proposed rules (pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001) to refine telemedicine reimbursement, data has been obtained that shows just how ineffective its first attempt was.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (legal issues and barriers), legal (licensure)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: March 10, 2000
A review of state-level licensure laws that regulate interstate telemedicine.
Subject: home telehealth, consumer
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: January 19, 2000
Reviews the possibilities for using new electronic media to extend conventional and more recent
telehealth care interventions.
Subject: legal (medicare and medicaid, reimbursement)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: November 9, 1999
Understand the details about Medicare reimbursing health care providers for teleconsultations.
Subject: home telehealth, consumer
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: March 23, 1999
Reviews the potential uses of easy-to-operate telehealth equipment in patient teaching
and assistance, which, may eventually translate into the patient's taking effective preventative measures for self-care.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (telecommunications), legal (telecommunications and universal service)
Author: Glenn W. Wachter
Date: November 11, 1999
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 created a mechanism of discounts to
encourage the use of higher bandwidth and the Internet.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: September 14, 1998
This article provides a short overview of home telecare services, discusses costs of home
telecare equipment, and provides information on reimbursement for home telecare services.
Subject: home telehealth
Author: Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS
Date: June 18, 1998
Overview of the application of home telehealth, circa 1998.
Subject: telemedicine 101 (understanding telemedicine)
Author: Nancy Brown
Date: May 30, 1995
An overview of telemedicine.
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