TeleConnect Georgia for Better Health To address poor health and lack of high quality health care in rural Georgia communities, Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth is proposing a training and outreach program for residents and healthcare providers to improve health and healthcare delivery in the state’s 91 designated “counties of persistent poverty.” Leveraging the strengths of state government agencies, the private sector, and educational and nonprofit organizations, the project proposes targeted outreach to economically vulnerable populations including African American and Hispanic communities, low-income residents, senior citizens, and at-risk youth to address poor health and lack of high quality health care. The project plans ...
Dean Douglas was skeptical at first about a doctor diagnosing his 10-year-old great-nephew from hundreds of miles away via a large flat-screen video monitor — unable to touch him or even be in the same room. Dr. Michael McConnell at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta checks in with Justin Smith, 10, and Justin’s mother, Marletti Guest, via video from the Tifton Regional Hospital in South Georgia. Telemedicine allows doctors and nurses to virtually examine patients. Phil Skinner pskinner@ajc.com Dr. Michael McConnell at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta checks in with Justin Smith, 10, ...
The National School of Applied TeleHealth (NSAT) is proud to announce the launch of the first of many telehealth certifications. NSAT will deliver standardized, accredited telehealth education online at http://www.nationalschoolofappliedtelehealth.com. These online NSAT Telemedicine / Telehealth Certification courses will instruct on the essentials of telehealth and prepare individuals to become valuable members of a telehealth team. The following are the initial certifications to be offered: Certified TeleMedicine Clinical Presenter (available DEC 2, 2011) Certified TeleMedicine Coordinator (Spring 2012) Certified TeleHealth Liaison (Spring 2012) The Certified TeleMedicine Clinical Presenter (CTCP) Certification is designed so that its graduates will have the skills to correctly and confidently ...
Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT) is very pleased to welcome Jeffrey P. Kesler, PsyD as its new COO. Dr. Kesler brings a comprehensive level of telemedicine understanding and experience to one of the most robust telemedicine networks in the nation. In addition to overseeing the daily operations of GPT, Dr. Kesler will also play a key leadership role in the development and expansion of services into Alabama. Dr. Kesler has over 20 years of broad clinical and operational experience. He has been responsible for strategic and tactical leadership in the behavioral health domain for the two largest correctional medical companies in ...
President Barack Obama has declared the week of September 11-16, 2011, National Health Information Technology Week. National Health Information Technology Week is a time to highlight the importance of efficient information systems that protect the privacy and security of personal health information while improving the delivery of health care in the United States. We encourage you to help promote National Health Information Technology Week by posting one of ONC’s new web graphics on your website, in a blog post, or tweet. Visit HealthIT.gov for instructions on how to use the new web graphics. This White House proclamation underscores the importance of using ...
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that using "telestroke," two-way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don't have an around-the-clock neurologist on staff (Neurology,Sept. 14, 2011). "In an era of spiraling health care costs, our findings give critical information to medical policy-makers," said Jennifer Majersik, MD, of the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. "If barriers to using telestroke - such as low reimbursement rates and high equipment costs - are improved, telestroke has the potential to greatly diminish the striking disparity in stroke care ...
