The Department of Agriculture provides more than U.S. $ 6 million for telemedicine projects.

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.


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Telemedicine used for geriatric research at Getafe Hospital.

As reported by the Goverment of Madrid, today. The study aims to assess the usefulness of some of the clinical and functional markers, and determine the effectiveness and efficiency of this type of monitoring to improve control and monitoring of elderly patients with heart failure .

Telemedicine devices have been distributed to selected twelve patients that connect via Bluetooth to a mobile phone.

Through these devices the patients themselves are responsible for measuring every 48 hours for certain variables such as oxygen saturation, blood glucose, blood pressure, an electrocardiogram or respiratory rate. Also measure the speed of travel, the time it takes to rise from a chair, weight and temperature, and answer a simple questionnaire about their health status and evolution.

The mobile phone contains information which is stored in a computer program so that the doctor daily consultation results and, in case any alteration, telephone contact with the patient or go to visit him immediately.

This system also allows to have a history very accurate and complete report on the patient's progress and usefulness of long-term treatment.

Fernando Lamata "Is proud to lead the forefront of telemedicine research"

The Councilor of Health, Fernando Lamata met the project "Eurotelepath" and was "proud" of the regional government to work "cutting edge research in telemedicine" is led by an expert HGCR, who coordinates a team of over a hundred researchers from Croatia, Cyprus, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Serbia and Switzerland, as well as Georgia, India and Singapore as partner countries. He said its ratings on the project, "improves the quality of the patient, reduces response times and accurate diagnosis".

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