Telemedicine news and information

A premature baby born at high altitude faces challenges uncommon among newborns in Denver that often can't be treated by rural physicians. But expanded technology is helping beam the expertise of neonatal specialists in the city into critical-care situations at 33 remote hospitals in Colorado,...
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Medical-device maker Medtronic, Minneapolis, is making a push into the world of pure-play health information technology with the acquisition of telehealth and patient remote-monitoring services provider Cardiocom, a privately held firm based in Chanhassen, Minn.
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The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase in Kentucky.
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Iowa legislators have declined for the moment to step into a dispute over whether state regulators should shut down a video-conferencing system used to dispense abortion pills statewide.
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Advances in technology mean Aberdeen-area veterans can make fewer trips to the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Sioux Falls, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., learned Tuesday. Telehealth is growing in popularity and increasing specialty care at the Aberdeen clinic, Dr. Donna Small told Johnson as...
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When Bill Hill, 75, steps on the scale, his weight appears 24 miles away on computer monitor at Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn. There, registered nurse Denise Buxbaum monitors his health in a program that aims to keep about 300 heart failure patients out of the hospital.
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Before there can be patient-generated data, there have to be patients willing and able to provide it and tools to capture, communicate, receive and present it. That's where Dr. Susan Woods comes in.
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Expenditures from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund have more than doubled to $32 million in the last five years as new demands have come from telemedicine for hospitals and clinics and broadband Internet for schools and libraries.
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Veterans Affairs Department health leaders showed off a wide range of remote medical offerings Tuesday at their first Connected Health Showcase, an event designed to highlight telehealth advances but also tout the department's place as a leader in cutting-edge healthcare delivery.
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The Verizon Foundation and the Children's Health Fund have launched an initiative to bring mobile clinics throughout the United States, beginning with a telehealth project involving the University of Miami.
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