For the second consecutive year, Extremadura is a stop of HOPE Programme over spanish territory. During May 21th and 22th at Badajoz, the participants in HOPE programme from Portugal and Letonia, have made in Extremadura a scale to know the most interesting aspects of telemedicine network of the SES.
The conferences have been given by Dr. Claudio Pelaez Vega, Regional Coordinator of Telemedicine in Extremadura and technicians of ViTelNet Europe, company responsible for installing, establishing and maintenance of telemedicine stations. They have shown to participants in this programme the qualities and benefits of telemedicine in Extremadura.
The conferences were in Perpetuo Socorro Hospital at Badajoz and at May 22th, the participants did a visit to Health Center of alburquerque, where they could to know the retinography that SES is using in its telemedicine programme of diabetic retinopathy.
Jonathan Linkous, executive director of the ATA, has shared seven market trends that will shape the telemedicine and telehealth in the near future. From Blogtelemedicina after reading them, We want to bring them to you, What is your opinion about it?, We would like this to become an open forum about where telemedicine and its future.
1- Changes in the way of payments: According Linkous, the payment models have been the biggest problem of telemedicine in North America, but says that the rapid growth of models such as ACO's (Accountable Care Organizations) and Medical Home model, which are some new models of healthcare, are changing the way to pay for telemedicine services. Based on these data, the increase of the population covered by medical insurance allows you to define new models of payment. So as healthcare services are extended to regional or national health organizations.
2 - Telemedicine as a standard of care: Medical Imaging, X-rays and CT scans digital originate since decades. Teleradiology is now so common that provide radiology services 24/7. The technology can be the foundation for that telemedicine will become a standard service model. From Blogtelemedicina could extend this work to the Teledermatology also, today with existing devices could be a reference to a model in providing standard healthcare.
3 - Appearance of remote medical aid companies: The outsourcing of medical image interpretation is currently used by most hospitals in the United States. If a hospital can outsource radiology services, why not outsource dermatology, neurology, or other clinical services? A number of companies can to emerge to provide remote clinical consultations with medical specialists.
4 - The rise of virtual medical centers: In October, "Mercy Hospitals" announced the construction of a new hospital with a cost of 90 million dollars, dedicated to the "virtual healthcare". This center will have clinicians who see patients from peripheral centers in the four states in which this organization operates.
Since Blogtelemedicina We know also of the ambitious project of Cisco to undertake the construction of a hospital designed with all the technological advances in telemedicine and videoconferencing called Palomar West Medical Campus in San Diego California. Then we leave you a sample of this project known as "The Hospital of the future."
5 - mHealth: mobile health (mHealth) is an important aportation to the suite of technologies that are changing the way medical care. However, in general opinion, the mHealth environment is full of promise that yet to be tested and uncertainties about how to pay for these services is very high.
What do you think about it?. Is this a really new era, We left the eHealth and We enter in the mHealth?.
6 - Organization centralized or distributed: The Federal grants have helped establish over 200 telemedicine programs in the United States, and most seem to present a model in which a large central hospital provides services to remotes sites connected to it; but there is an emerging alternative, multiple centers linked together, that providing or receiving services from any of them to any other point in the network; the Arizona Telemedicine Program and the Ontario Telehealth Network are examples of this new approach.
This new approach is also being considered in Extremadura when updating its network of telemedicine, because experience has shown that telemedicine is not only teleconsultations, there is also e-learning, clinical sessions, etc..
7 - Multi-nationalization: Telemedicine can be an important source of international finantial trades. Global investments in high speed networks, and standardization of clinical practice, are providing the necessary basis. Different issues such as payment mechanisms, trade protectionism and cultural prejudices, remain a barrier, however, the potential revenue from such services could have a significant effect on trade balance worldwide.
Maybe it's time for chances in certain organisms, time for Healthcare Services beyond political boundaries, that they can sign agreements or collaboration agreements with private companies, nongovernmental organizations and even countries without the resources necessary for to have trained health professionals in all specialties.
From Blogtelemedicina We are aware that these ideas come from a country where health policies are very different from European ones, but we understand that is a model that works in some countries and if we make a serious analysis of the different models of healthcare We really think that together We can to find the best option, We being aware that the European model is clearly superior, we can reach create a third option which allows to develop both models and bring them to a higher level.
What is your opinion? What can you tell from your experience, if we plantearamos find a new model of care for telemedicine? Do you think that telemedicine has a future or simply see it as something of geeks?. We want to know your opinion and together try to build a new care model, where telemedicine has full presence, since we are fully convinced that it is useful and can provide a much higher level of healthcare if it well used.
We thank to Dr. Claudio Pelaez Vega for his collaboration , Regional Coordinator of Telemedicine Extremadura Health Service, who has provided information for this post.
From Blogtelemedicina the team that We manage this website, We want to say Hello! to Alan Alvarado like a new collaborator of this blog.
Alan Alvarado is a Computer Systems Engineer and shares our passion for telemedicine and the development of applications or devices aimed at this new medical tool.
A year ago, completed the design of two portable devices oriented one of them to cardiac monitoring and another to the brain monitoring. He is currently working on the implementation of an algorithm to predict heart attacks and investigated for the possible development of an algorithm to predict the falling sickness.
We are glad that our blog extending their collaboration and We are delighted to have a new vision of telemedicine from as far away as in Mexico. We hope that our fans can to collaborate with us.
For our fans, we hope that the contributions of our colleague Alan will be of your interest and that together we continue informed of the progress of telemedicine worldwide.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture subsidize a total of $ 6 million in different telemedicine projects for rural areas in the United States. These projects will be held in
six states in the Mississippi Delta region.
The increased investment around $ 3 million will go to building an emergency center in Mound Bayou.
Other telemedicine projects to receive funding are:
- Delta Health Alliance for its development project connecting five acute care hospitals with the Intensive Care Center at the University of Mississippi.
- Sl Foundation for her project on tele-health care in the state of Illinois.
- Tombigbee Health Care Authority in the state of Alabama for its telemedicine project.
- Building Healthy Communities in Louisiana for a home telecare project.
- Oschsner Clinic Foundation in Louisiana for its telemedicine program and Telestroke.
- University of Kentucky for its project to link the hospitals of the Kentucky Telehealth Network.
and others.
Notice published by CATAI, if you want to read the complete notice click here.
El Departamento de Agricultura de EEUU subvencionara con un total de 6 millones de dolares diferentes proyectos de telemedicina para zonas rurales en los Estados Unidos.
Dichos proyectos se realizaran en seis estados de la región del Delta del Mississippi.
La mayor inversión alrededor de 3 millones de dolares se destinará a la construcción de un Centro de Urgencias en Mound Bayou.
Otros proyectos de telemedicina que recibirán fondos son:
- Delta Health Alliance por su proyecto de desarrollo de cuidados intensivos conectando cinco hospitales con el Centro de Cuidados Intensivos de la Universidad de
Mississippi.
- Sl Foundation por su proyecto de teleformación en cuidados para la salud en el estado de Illinois.
- Tombigbee Health Care Authority en el estado de Alabama por su proyecto de telemedicina.
- Building Healthy Communities en Luisiana por un proyecto de teleasistencia domiciliaria.
- Oschsner Clinic Foundation en Luisiana por su programa de telemedicina y de teleictus.
- Universidad de Kentucky por su proyecto para enlazar los hospitales de la Red de Telesalud de Kentucky.
entre otros.
Noticia publicada por CATAI, si quieres ver la noticia completa pulsa aquí.
One of the more clear that we had when we created this blog, was that we wanted it to be a site open to anyone who had anything to say about telemedicine, no matter whether in Extremadura, Madrid and Mauritania (do you sound so Telemedicine Solidarity?)
The important thing is to talk on Telemedicine in any of the "modalities" and from any point of view. Would not it be nice to read what we can tell a patient, a doctor or medical personnel who work in a Penitentiary on their experience with telemedicine?
If you think you have something to say about this "unknown world for us is an honor and it s everyone could learn a lot more, write to:
