When it comes to the world of telemedicine, the most patients are senior citizens who can’t travel long distances to doctors’ appointments and hospital visits. Here are 5 tips on why Telemedicine is so important: 1. Telemedicine Gives You Greater Access To Healthcare:...
Selfies, the popular photo trend afflicting teens today, is now becoming a tool to help many of those same teens address another affliction, acne. San Diego dermatologist, David Lortscher, recently started his own dermatology company, called “Pocket Derm.” Patients complete their medical history online, and...
Many Telemedicine companies have software on computers and phones, but the new trend is actual robots. For patients in rural areas who do not have access to doctors, Telemedical robots, projecting an image of the doctor’s face, standing about five feet tall. “When a doctor...
A new study suggested that nighttime would be one of the most useful times to use Telemedicine at hospitals, as “Telemedicine is most effective when applied where physician resources are scarce, patient care is time sensitive and service volume may distributed across a network.” As...
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new smart-phone app that can provide tests for individuals with diabetes and kidney disease. The Colorimetrix software also allows test-strip results to be shared real-time with medical professionals for quicker diagnosis and treatment. “The app uses...
A new Telehealth program in Manila, Phillipines, has recently been launched by the Metro Pacific Investments Corp (MPIC) to serve remote area hospitals. “MPIC Hospital Group president Augusto Palisoc said it is piloting a telehealth service involving two machines located in company-owned Asian Hospital and...
With all the new developments in technology, the digital health sector is benefiting the most. Every tech company is developing devices, such as robotic legs, and apps helping keep track of cholesterol/dietary needs, all suited to the customers health benefit. Robin Raskin, founder of “Living...
Recently, the institute for health, sat down with of the country’s top Telemedicine programs’ director, Dr. Ronald S. Weinstein. Weinstein is known famously as, “The Father of Telepathology,” at the University of Arizona. The program at U of A is so well-known and unique because...
Apple is the leader of all things tech, always creating the hot new product, often to address a market nobody anticipated. Now Apple want to hit the health market, responding to growing demand for all things mHealth. What makes their entry in...
Seemingly countless numbers of fitness apps available through portable devices are becoming a huge hit to runners, cyclists, and athletes of all kinds. The goal for many of these apps on the market is to provide these athletes with a smarter workout. BSX Athletics,...
