Orange and Sanofi have showed the telemedicine platform called diabeTIC during The Annual Congress of Sociedad Española de Diabetes, in Vigo (Galicia).
This telemedicine solution allows to send datas, secure storage of patient's clinical information and service two-way communication between patients and healthcare professionals. So, it makes available to chronic diabetes patients, the new technologies, diabeTIC contributes to greater patient involvement in managing their disease, and that from this point the patient will automatically send glucose values , manually send other variables, exchange messages, respond to questionnaires, access to the library and a reminder alert system.
The goal of diabeTIC is to innovate in the model of diabetes management, raise tangible improvements in the quality of life for patients and assist the clinician in relation to the diabetic patient, while it allowing to increase productivity of health care, optimize resources and control costs.
La solución permite el envío, el almacenamiento seguro de la información clínica del paciente y el servicio de comunicación bidireccional entre el afectado y los profesionales sanitarios.
Así, al poner a disposición de los pacientes crónicos de diabetes las nuevas tecnologías, diabeTIC contribuye a una mayor involucración del paciente en la gestión de su enfermedad, ya que a partir de este momento, el paciente podrá enviar de forma automática los valores de glucosa, enviar manualmente otras variables, intercambiar mensajes, responder a cuestionarios, acceder a la biblioteca y a un sistema de alertas recordatorio.
El objetivo de diabeTIC es innovar en el modelo de gestión de la diabetes, plantear mejoras tangibles en la calidad de vida del paciente y ayudar al profesional sanitario en su relación con el paciente diabético, al mismo tiempo que permite incrementar la productividad del servicio sanitario, optimizar recursos y controlar costes.
There are already several examples in the world of health trains whose mission are to bring health and social care to remote and difficult access areas.
One example is Dr. Ramon Carrillo health train under the Ministry of Social Development of Argentina, which is a creation of the Minister Alicia Kirchner and Secretary Sergio Berni. The train assists small towns with 800 people. who have the hospital to 300 kilometers, so we await the arrival of the train, it is composed of 1 tank, 2 freight cars and 6 cars adapted with dental offices, ophthalmology, radiology, gynecology, laboratory fully equipped with 68 professionals on board.
Train health and social development of Argentina
We can imagine that telemedicine possibilities in these situations and how health professionals can take advantage of these technological tools to bring a better health and better quality to those areas.
Another interesting example is developed in Russia telemedicine system "health train" using telemedicine systems to cover with satellite broadband link all along the way.
Ya existen en el mundo varios ejemplos de trenes sanitarios que tienen como misión llevar la atención médica y social a zonas remotas, alejadas y con dificil acceso.
Un ejemplo es el tren sanitario Dr. Ramón Carrillo que depende del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Argentina, que es una creación de la ministra Alicia Kirchner y el secretario Sergio Berni. El tren asiste a poblaciones pequeñas con 800 habitantes habitantes que tienen el hospital a 300 kilómetros, por eso esperan la llegada del tren, el tren se encuentra compuesto por 1 cisterna, 2 furgones de carga y 6 coches adaptados, cuenta con consultorios de odontología, oftalmología, radiología, ginecología, laboratorio totalmente equipados, con 68 profesionales a bordo.
Tren de desarrollo social y sanitario de Argentina
Podemos imaginar que posibilidades facilita la telemedicina es estas situaciones y como los profesionales sanitarios pueden aprovechar estas herramientas tecnológicas para llavar una Sanidad mejor y de mejor calidad a esas zonas.
Otro ejemplo muy interesante desarrollado en Rusia es el sistema de telemedicina del “tren sanitario” que utiliza sistemas de telemedicina via satélite para cubrir con enlace de banda ancha todo lo largo de su recorrido.
Russia and China will participate for the first time at the XVIII International Film Medical, Health and Telemedicine (VIDEOMED 2012), to be
held in Badajoz from 13 to 16 November this year, as reported in a statement Videomed Foundation Director, Dr. Andres Bas Santa Cruz.
This edition will be held on Telemedicine IX Iberian Forum, which will allow attendees to meet the technological developments and to correct errors in the use of new technologies with regard to this matter.
In the case of Russia, the hospital's medical group in St. Petersburg will present their applications in telemedicine, while on the other side will be representatives of Xinjiang Medical University hospital also to exchange experiences in this field.
Telemedicine currently attracting much interest worldwide. The main motivations for the use of telemedicine systems are:
- Improving the equity of health services closer to scarce specialized resources or unpopulated areas or rural areas far from major urban centers and land communication difficulties to provide care with similar levels of timeliness and quality. - Telemedicine services provide rapid response, avoid travel costs, time and discomfort for the patient and family. - Another reason is the improved continuity of care by facilitating communication between primary and specialist, promoting and supporting home care modalities such as outpatient surgery and home hospitalization. - An appeal of telemedicine is the direct cost savings for patients and professionals displacement and indirect savings such as loss of work time for patients and relatives.
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Rusia y China participarán por primera vez en el XVIII Certamen Internacional de Cine Médico, Salud y Telemedicina (VIDEOMED 2012), que se celebrará en Badajoz del 13 al 16 de noviembre de este año.
Según ha informado en un comunicado el director de la Fundación Videomed, el doctor Andrés Bas Santa Cruz, Rusia y China participarán por primera vez en el XVIII Certamen Internacional de Cine Médico, Salud y Telemedicina (VIDEOMED 2012), que se celebrará en Badajoz del 13 al 16 de noviembre de este año. En esta edición se celebrará el IX Forum Ibérico de Telemedicina, que permitirá a los asistentes conocer los desarrollos tecnológicos y los errores a corregir en el manejo de las nuevas tecnologías en lo referido a esta materia.
En el caso de Rusia, el grupo médico del hospital de San Petesburgo expondrán sus aplicaciones en telemedicina, mientras que por otro lado estarán representantes del hospital of Xinjiang Medical University también para intercambiar experiencias en este ámbito.
En la actualidad la Telemedicina despierta un gran interés en todo el mundo. Entre las motivaciones principales para el uso de sistemas de elemedicina se encuentran:
- La mejora de la equidad de los servicios sanitarios acercando recursos especializados o escasos a zonas despobladas o áreas rurales alejadas de los grandes núcleos urbanos y con dificultades de comunicación terrestre para facilitar cuidados con similares niveles de oportunidad y calidad. - Los servicios de telemedicina facilitan rapidez en la respuesta, evitan costes de desplazamiento, tiempo y molestias para el paciente y sus familiares. - Otra razón es la mejora de la continuidad en la asistencia facilitando la comunicación primaria-especializada, potenciando la asistencia domiciliaria y soportando modalidades tales como la cirugía mayor ambulatoria y hospitalización a domicilio. - Un atractivo de la Telemedicina es el ahorro de costes directos de desplazamientos de pacientes y profesionales e indirectos como son el ahorro de pérdidas de tiempo de trabajo de los pacientes y los familiares.
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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.
