Howard Reis, President of HealthePractices discusses the history and current status of telemedicine.

1. Telemedicine
Tomorrow’s Solutions
Available Today

2. Definition
Telemedicine is the use of medical information
exchanged from one site to another via electronic
communications to improve a patients’ clinical
health status.
Name Game:
Telemedicine, Telehealth, mHealth, Telecare

3. Telemedicine
Focused on patient care
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Telehealth
Mobile Health (mHealth)
Remote Monitoring
Outsourced Specialty Services

4. Why Telemedicine?
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Physician Shortage
Distribution of Expertise
It Works
Cost Savings
Patients Like It
Pilot program study finds pediatric obesity patients like telehealth services
– UCLA – December 2013
How OHSU used telemedicine to save a baby's life – Nov. 2013
Study: Telehealth raises satisfaction, reduces hospital stays

5. History of Telemedicine

6. History of Telemedicine
Boston Logan Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital
1967

7. Solutions Available Today
Radiology
Neurology
Cardiology
TELEPsychiatry
Ophthalmology
Dermatology

8. Solutions Available Today
Radiology
Neurology
Cardiology
TELEPsychiatry
Ophthalmology
Dermatology

9. 10M Patients Served by
Telemedicine (2012)
Outsourced Specialists
Teleradiology
Internet Clinical Consults
Cardiac Monitoring
Remote Monitoring
Civilian Network Consults
Jonathan D. Linkous, American Telemedicine Association

10. Two Types of Radiology
Nighthawk
Dayhawk

11. Available Today
Online Services
Consumer
Health App’s

12. Available Today
Urgent Care

13. Available Today
PGHD
Patient Generated Health Data

14. Available Today
Wearables

15. Available Today
Scanables

16. Available Soon

17. Available Soon
Wi-Fi Smart Scale
Otoscope
Bluetooth Stethoscope
Blood Glucose Meter
Blood Pressure
Monitor
Digital Thermometer

18. Advanced Technologies
Remote Surgery
Robotics
Live Monitoring via
Cell Phones

19. Advanced Technologies
3D Lab
Advanced Tumor
Metrics
Massachusetts General Hospital

20. Complimentary Efforts

21. Barriers
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Reimbursement
Licensure
Regulation
Inertia/ Vested
Interests

22. How Can We Help You?
hreis@healthEpractices.com
www.healthEpractices.com

24. Workflow: The Key to Success