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López CM, Qanungo S, Jenkins C, Acierno R. Technology as a Means to Address Disparities in Mental Health Research: A Guide to "Tele-Tailoring" your Research Methods. PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2018; 49:57-64. [PMID: 30034085 PMCID: PMC6052868 DOI: 10.1037/pro0000176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We must include rural participants in health-related research if we are to address health-related disparities and inequity, particularly in mental health. However, the first step of the research process, in person, witnessed, signed informed consent is often a limiting factor and insurmountable barrier to precisely the type of research (e.g., telehealth) designed to overcome barriers of geographic distance and travel time. Telehealth, or the provision of medical care or services to patients by means of audio/video and procedure-specific technology, addresses some barriers to health created by rurality by making health care professionals more accessible to patients. A logical complement to telehealth is "teleconsent." Teleconsent can be defined as using remote, facial integrated identity verification to allow (a) remote guidance of participants through consent documents, and (b) digital signing by all parties, obviating the need for in person signed consent. The ability to review and sign consent documents via telehealth with synchronous viewing is a novel, innovative means by which to overcome the initial significant barrier to recruitment of rural participants into healthcare research. By leveraging the growing capabilities of telehealth, teletailoring studies can improve the efficiency of research recruitment and facilitate the consent process for under-represented populations in research. Strategies for implementation are clearly relevant to increasing the success of clinical trial recruitment.
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- College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, SC
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- College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, SC
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- College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, SC
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Medina Quero J, Fernández Olmo MR, Peláez Aguilera MD, Espinilla Estévez M. Real-Time Monitoring in Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Using Wrist-Worn Heart Rate Devices. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 17:E2892. [PMID: 29231887 PMCID: PMC5751049 DOI: 10.3390/s17122892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cardiac rehabilitation is a key program which significantly reduces the mortality in at-risk patients with ischemic heart disease; however, there is a lack of accessibility to these programs in health centers. To resolve this issue, home-based programs for cardiac rehabilitation have arisen as a potential solution. In this work, we present an approach based on a new generation of wrist-worn devices which have improved the quality of heart rate sensors and applications. Real-time monitoring of rehabilitation sessions based on high-quality clinical guidelines is embedded in a wearable application. For this, a fuzzy temporal linguistic approach models the clinical protocol. An evaluation based on cases is developed by a cardiac rehabilitation team.
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- Javier Medina Quero
- Department of Computer Science, University of Jaen, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
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- Heart Rehabilitation Unit of the Hospital Complex of Jaén, Av. del Ejército Español 10, 23007 Jaén, Spain.
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Kavousi Y, Al-Adas Z, Crutchfield JM, Karamanos E, Swanson C, Lin JC. Early clinical experience using telemedicine for the management of patients with varicose vein disease. J Telemed Telecare 2017; 25:54-58. [DOI: 10.1177/1357633x17734580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction The use of telemedicine services may be effective in the perioperative management of patients with varicose veins. Methods Over a seven-month period, patients with varicose veins were evaluated in the virtual clinic via two-way secure videoconferencing or the traditional clinic by the same physician provider. Data sources included institutional Vascular Quality Initiative registry and patient satisfaction surveys. Results Among a total of 121 patients with varicose veins who underwent endovenous catheter ablation of the saphenous vein, 20 patients (16.5%) chose the telemedicine clinic (Group A) and 101 patients (83.5%) chose the traditional clinic (Group B) for their perioperative management. Comparing Group A and Group B, the mean age was 59.2 ± 12.1 versus 59.6 ± 13.0, respectively ( p = 0.944); women were 75% versus 73.3%, respectively ( p = 0.872); African Americans comprised 5% versus 22.8%, while Caucasians comprised 95% versus 63%, respectively ( p = 0.049). Half of the telemedicine patients had multiple virtual visits for a total of 31 virtual encounters. Among telemedicine patients using SurveyMonkey®, 29 telemedicine encounters (93.5%) reported that their virtual visit is “Yes, definitely” or “Yes, somewhat” more convenient over traditional methods. All patients answered that they were able to communicate clearly with the provider, able to have their questions answered, and able to clearly hear and see the provider via telemedicine methods. Discussion Telemedicine services enable another means to deliver high-quality care for patients with venous disease in a safe and coordinated manner. Patients with varicose veins are highly satisfied with the use of telehealth services over the traditional healthcare delivery model.
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- Yasaman Kavousi
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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Mettler T, Vimarlund V. All that Glitters is not Gold: Six Steps Before Selecting and Prioritizing e-Health Services. J Med Syst 2017; 41:154. [PMID: 28852918 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-017-0801-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Since the market for e-health applications is constantly growing, it is getting an ever more complex endeavor to select and prioritize the right service offering given a particular situation. In examining the extant literature, it was revealed that little emphasis is actually placed on how to analyze contextual or environmental factors prior to the selection and prioritization of e-health services. With this paper, we therefore propose a formative framework consisting of six fundamental yet very pragmatic steps that may support decision makers in identifying the most important contextual pre-requisites that e-health services need to fulfill in order to be considered as effective for their environment to be implemented.
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- Tobias Mettler
- Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Rue de la mouline 28, 1022, Chavannes-près-Renens, Switzerland.
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- Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Ingång 29C Campus Valla, 58183, Linköping, Sweden
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INTRODUCTION The smartphone simplifies interprofessional communication, and smartphone applications can facilitate telemedicine activity. Much has been written about the steps that need to be followed to implement and establish a successful telemedicine service that is integrated into everyday clinical practice. A traditional and systematic approach has evolved incorporating activities such as strategy development, needs assessment, business cases and plans, readiness assessment, implementation plans, change management interventions, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. This "best practice" has been promoted in the telehealth literature for many years. In contrast, several recent initiatives have arisen without any such formal undertakings. This article describes the strengths and weaknesses of two "spontaneous" telemedicine services in dermatology and burn management that have evolved in South Africa. METHODS Two spontaneous services were identified and reviewed. RESULTS In one unsolicited service, doctors at rural referring hospitals have been taking photographs of skin lesions and sending them with a brief text message history to dermatologists using the instant messaging smartphone app, WhatsApp. In the other, burns service, admissions to the burns unit or the clinic were triaged by telephonic description of the case and completion of a preadmission questionnaire. More recently, management and referral decisions are made only after completion of the questionnaire and subsequent submission of photographs of the burn sent by WhatsApp, with the decision transmitted by text message. DISCUSSION Although efficient and effective, potential legal and ethical shortcomings have been identified. CONCLUSION These "spontaneous" telehealth services challenge traditional best practice, yet appear to lead to truly integrated practice and, therefore, are successful and warrant further study.
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- Maurice Mars
- 1 Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban, South Africa
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- 1 Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban, South Africa .,2 Office of Global e-Health Strategy, University of Calgary , Calgary, Canada .,3 NT Consulting-Global e-Health, Inc. , Calgary, Canada
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When engaging in telemedicine, it is important for a nurse to understand legal and regulatory requirements.
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McKoy K, Antoniotti NM, Armstrong A, Bashshur R, Bernard J, Bernstein D, Burdick A, Edison K, Goldyne M, Kovarik C, Krupinski EA, Kvedar J, Larkey J, Lee-Keltner I, Lipoff JB, Oh DH, Pak H, Seraly MP, Siegel D, Tejasvi T, Whited J. Practice Guidelines for Teledermatology. Telemed J E Health 2016; 22:981-990. [PMID: 27690203 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Previous American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Teledermatology Practice Guidelines were issued in 2007. This updated version reflects new knowledge in the field, new technologies, and the need to incorporate teledermatology practice in a variety of settings, including hospitals, urgent care centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, school-based clinics, public health facilities, and patient homes.
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- Karen McKoy
- 1 Department of Dermatology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center , Burlington, Massachusetts
- 2 Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts
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- 4 Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) , Los Angeles, California
- 5 Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California
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- 6 University of Michigan Health System , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- 9 University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami, Florida
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- 10 Department of Dermatology, University of Missouri School of Medicine , Colombia , Missouri
- 11 Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri School of Medicine , Colombia , Missouri
- 12 Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri School of Medicine , Colombia , Missouri
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- 13 Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, California
- 16 Dermatology Service, San Francisco VA Healthcare System , San Francisco, California
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- 14 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- 15 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia
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- 17 Connected Health, Partners HealthCare , Boston, Massachusetts
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- 19 Canfield Scientific , Parsippany, New Jersey
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- 21 Department of Dermatology, University of California Los Angeles-Olive View , Los Angeles, California
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- 14 Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- 13 Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, California
- 16 Dermatology Service, San Francisco VA Healthcare System , San Francisco, California
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- 18 Department of Dermatology, The George Washington University , Washington, DC
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- 25 Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- 20 State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn , Brooklyn, New York
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- 22 Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- 23 Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina
- 24 Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine , Durham, North Carolina
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López MM, López MM, de la Torre Díez I, Jimeno JCP, López-Coronado M. A mobile decision support system for red eye diseases diagnosis: experience with medical students. J Med Syst 2016; 40:151. [PMID: 27142275 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-016-0508-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A good primary health care is the base for a better healthcare system. Taking a good decision on time by the primary health care physician could have a huge repercussion. In order to ease the diagnosis task arise the Decision Support Systems (DSS), which offer counselling instead of refresh the medical knowledge, in a profession where it is still learning every day. The implementation of these systems in diseases which are a frequent cause of visit to the doctor like ophthalmologic pathologies are, which affect directly to our quality of life, takes more importance. This paper aims to develop OphthalDSS, a totally new mobile DSS for red eye diseases diagnosis. The main utilities that OphthalDSS offers will be a study guide for medical students and a clinical decision support system for primary care professionals. Other important goal of this paper is to show the user experience results after OphthalDSS being used by medical students of the University of Valladolid. For achieving the main purpose of this research work, a decision algorithm will be developed and implemented by an Android mobile application. Moreover, the Quality of Experience (QoE) has been evaluated by the students through the questions of a short inquiry. The app developed which implements the algorithm OphthalDSS is capable of diagnose more than 30 eye's anterior segment diseases. A total of 67 medical students have evaluated the QoE. The students find the diseases' information presented very valuable, the appearance is adequate, it is always available and they have ever found what they were looking for. Furthermore, the students think that their quality of life has not been improved using the app and they can do the same without using the OphthalDSS app. OphthalDSS is easy to use, which is capable of diagnose more than 30 ocular diseases in addition to be used as a DSS tool as an educational tool at the same time.
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- Marta Manovel López
- Department of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15.47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- University Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA), University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 17. Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15.47011, Valladolid, Spain.
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- University Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA), University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 17. Campus Miguel Delibes, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid, Paseo de Belén, 15.47011, Valladolid, Spain
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The interpretation of medical images across medical specialties is critical to patient care. As technology changes, so does health care, and clinicians today are increasingly viewing medical images in a variety of environments. Although access to such data is useful, even clinicians with expertise in image interpretation make errors. These errors may become more frequent as clinician workdays become longer and the number of images to be interpreted becomes larger. To prevent errors in medical image interpretation, we need to understand the underlying perceptual and cognitive mechanisms that guide image interpretation. We can then use what is learned to develop better training methods, automated image analysis, and processing tools. We can devise methods to reduce clinician fatigue and stress, and develop practice guidelines thereby improving patient care and outcomes.
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Telemedicine, Telehealth and m-Health: New Frontiers in Medical Practice. Healthcare (Basel) 2014; 2:250-2. [PMID: 27429274 PMCID: PMC4934470 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare2020250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Telemedicine is changing the practice of medicine. It is part of the ever-growing use of communications technology in health care being used in prevention, disease management, home health care, long-term (chronic) care, emergency medicine, remote medical imaging, and many other applications. The pace at which telemedicine is being adopted and integrated into the healthcare enterprise is exponential and, for many (even those in the field!), it is often difficult to keep up with all of the changes occurring. Thus, it is useful periodically to stand back and summarize recent advances, to take stock, analyze where we have been, and project where we are headed. [...].
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