Telemedicine
Saturday morning coffee [October 4, 2014]
“Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it.” ~George Eliot So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are open in my browser this morning along with some random thoughts…. The […]
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I used a telemedicine service for the first time and loved it
My daughter woke the other morning with the following complaints: itchy eye watery eye “feels like there’s sand in my eye” and from my observation, redness in the “white” of her eye Hmm, I’ve seen this before. My initial thought was conjunctivitis, a.k.a. “Pink eye”. I called our family pediatrician looking for something to hold us […]
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Saturday morning coffee [March 2 2013]
Welcome to March everyone. So much happens each and every week that it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are open in my browser this morning along with some random thoughts…. I picked up the coffee mug to the right in Fitchburg, WI last summer while on a business trip. […]
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Why don’t we hear more about telepharmacy?
With the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets these days it seems that pharmacy would finally come out of the dark ages and start using these tools to their benefit. I recently read an article at MEDCITY | News that talked about the use of tablet technology for “telerounds”. Telerounds: The sexy idea is about providing […]
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Telerounding with an iPad at Henry Ford Hospital
PRWeb: The surgeon and his patient are actually 25 miles apart in two different hospitals, each armed with an iPad equipped with the live video chat software FaceTime. Through face-to-face video calls on iPads and other tablets, Henry Ford is initiating the next wave of high-tech communication at hospitals called “telerounding.” “Patients are looking for […]
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VGo telepresence robot has Verizon LTE
Engadget: “the VGo ‘bot — a chest-high roving device that has a display and camera built-in and allows patients and others to interact with a remote operator — is at CES this year to show off its inclusion of Verizon LTE, instead of the WiFi-only model we’ve seen in times past.” – So? So this […]
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Telemedicine in rural areas
Seems like a reasonable platform for clinical pharmacy services.
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Cool Technology for Pharmacy – eDoc Telemedicine System
Telemedicine is one of those technologies that is either going to be unbelievably useful or a complete waste of time. Only time will tell. Recent articles like the one in Archives of Internal Medicine suggest that it may have a place in healthcare. Pharmacists may find telemedicine a useful tool for communicating with patients or […]
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“What’d I miss?” – Week of February 14th
As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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