Telehealth
literature review
...Focusing on the possibilities and practice of remote delivery
of health-care services has led to the emergence of a specialist
field within the health-care informatics sphere: health telematics.
The general definition of this, as set by the World Health Organization
(WHO), is: “Health-related activities, services and systems
carried out over a distance by means of information and communications
technologies .. Read
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Scottish
paediatric video-conferencing network
... The paediatric network was designed to support rapid surgical
and cardiology referrals using innovative, highly mobile video-conferencing
technology. It allowed experts based in Glasgow’s Royal Hospital
for Sick Children (Yorkhill) to “view” a baby at a remote
site and provide diagnostic support and information on managing
the patient locally and advice on whether to transfer the baby to
the receiving site if more acute problems are identified...
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Practical
thinking about technology for people with dementia
...Nurses are increasingly using assistive technology to care for
people with dementia, either at home or in a care setting. It is
important not to be overwhelmed by or to be overly enthusiastic
about the “kit”. It’s also vital to find out how
each individual piece of technology works ...Read
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A
nurse-led telemedicine service: sharing good practice
... A pilot project was established in May 1998, linking the nursing
treatment room at the local sheltered housing complex in Letham
with the Green Street surgery using video-link technology ..
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Remote control
...The introduction of telemedicine to a minor injuries unit in
Belfast saved £42,000 in its first year, by reducing treatment
delay and so increasing productivity...
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...Shifting
the delivery of care from hospitals to community settings is a major
imperative for health care in the 21st century. Telehealth brings
the expertise of specialists to people remote from the centres of
excellence, so enabling access and improving equity in health care.
Telecare provides the means to bring care to people instead of having
to take people to care ... 
Book
review 1: Home telehealth: connecting care within
the community