Telehealth

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Chapters: Picture archiving and communication system, DICOM, MHealth, Robotic surgery, Telemedicine, Telerehabilitation, Health 2.0, Connected Health, Telepathology, Virtual reality in telerehabilitation, Teledermatology, HealthLinkBC, Biotronik, Health On the Net Foundation, Telephone triage, Advanced Health & Care, World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance, E-Patient, NORTH Network, EHealth, Virtual patient, Google Health, Remote surgery, Teleradiology, The Continua Health Alliance, Dossia, Patient portal, Microsoft Amalga, Telenursing, American Telemedicine Association, Microsoft HealthVault, Myca, Ontario Telemedicine Network, Wireless Medical Telemetry Service, Telepsychiatry, UNESCO Chair in Telemedicine, Remote therapy, Skevos Zervos, Canada Health Infoway, Epocrates, Telecare, Center for Telehealth and E-Health Law, IMedicor, Remote guidance, European Health Telematics Association, Tele-epidemiology, Belgian Health Telematics Commission, Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network, Campus medicus, ICan Group, Telemental Health, Association of Telehealth Service Providers, Xebra, European Health Telematics Observatory, Alberta Netcare, MDLiveCare, InteractiveMD, Centre for e-Health, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant and Loan Program, Epithalamus biomagnetic resonance, NHS Picture Archiving and Communications System, Teledentistry, Tele-audiology. Excerpt: mHealth (also written as m-health or mobile health) is a term used for the practice of medical and public health, supported by mobile devices. The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones and PDAs, for health services and information. The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth, the use of information and communication technology (ICT), such as computers, mobile phones, communications satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health services and information. mHealth applications include the use of mobile devices in collecting community and clinical health data, delivery of healthcare information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of care (via mobile telemedicine). While mHealth certainly has application for industrialized nations, the field has emerged in recent years as largely an application for developing countries, stemming from the rapid rise of mobile phone penetration in low-income nations. The field, then, largely emerges as a means of providing greater access to larger segments of a population in developing countries, as well as improving the capacity of health systems in such countries to provide quality healthcare. Within the mHealth space, projects operate with a variety of objectives, including increased access to healthcare and health-related information (particularly for hard-to-reach populations); improved ability to diagnose and track diseases; timelier, more actionable public health information; and expanded access to ongoing medical education and training for health workers. Malaria Clinic in Tanzania helped by SMS for Life program which uses cell phones to efficiently deliver malaria vaccineMobile eHealth or mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery systems. The field br