News tagged with home telehealth

Telehealth for diabetes promotes aging at home, not in the hospital

A large study of ethnically and racially diverse individuals with diabetes has found that home telemonitoring of their health resulted in significantly fewer deaths than in a similar group that was not monitored. Diabetes ...

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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IBM donating cooperative web technology that enables life changing healthcare solutions

IBM today announced that the company is donating new software code to help health care and other industries work on shared content in real-time, on the Web. The code is from IBM Project Blue Spruce and will be donated to ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Nursing care in a virtual world

“Fishermen on boats, they eat all kinds of stuff,” says Nursing Professor Antonia Arnaert. She is voluble in her excitement about her most recent research project, which involved teaching patients ...

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can telemedicine improve geriatric depression?

Studies have shown a high rate of depression among elderly homebound individuals, and few patients receive adequate treatment, if any. To address this issue, researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and other organizations have ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study examines effectiveness of telemonitoring vital signs

Like the bleeps of an alarm clock, TeleCare, a home monitoring device, gives the chronically ill a wake-up call: "It's time to take your vitals."

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created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At-home care may be an alternative to hospital care for elderly patients with chronic heart failure

Hospital-at-home care may be a practical alternative to traditional hospital inpatient care for patients with acutely decompensated (suddenly worsening) chronic heart failure, according to a report in the September 28 issue ...

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Wireless Devices Could Help Consumers Keep Track of their Vital Signs

Forget about videogames or driving directions. Paul Blair thinks the next ‘killer’ mobile applications will be for monitoring your health. The Calit2 staff researcher should know; he is working on a range ...

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created Dec 21, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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