Thu, 28/01/2010 - 8:01pm | 
Professor Peter...
Welcome to the eHealth forum of the Go_Broadband web site. The aim of this forum is to discuss local regional issues on eHealth related to the National Broadband Network. Our aim is to address topics that relate to applications, systems and broadband usage. For example, the use of video conferencing for medical consultations. Can a GP charge back to Medicare for a consultation when a patient is not physically present? What video quality is needed to determine if a skin ulcer or a wound requires further examination?
The aim is NOT to discuss the cost of NBN services, or the type of technology that will be employed, or any other detailed technical issues about networks, or what you might think of Telstra, or provide any advertising services. There are forums for this already such as http://whirlpool.net.au/. Hence, this forum will initially be moderated and the rate of posting limited to minimise spam.
For a starter can anyone answer my questions on GPs charging for video consultations?
Peter
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- StuSmith: when broadband ain't broadband
- StuSmith: NY Times article on the emerging use of telehealth
- michael: great post
- StuSmith: The case for home-based healthcare
- StuSmith: Home-based monitoring of health is a billion dollar industry
- StuSmith: Use of teleconsultation for stroke
- StuSmith: Streaming video for assessment of motor function in Parkinson's
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NY Times article on the emerging use of telehealth
Have a read of this article which outlines some of the US tele health initiatives
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/health/23monitor.html?_r=4
The case for home-based healthcare
The following article recently appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine arguing for the benefits of home-based delivery of healthcare services, especially for the aged.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1000401
Home-based monitoring of health is a billion dollar industry
A recent report by iDataResearch in the US suggests that "he U.S. patient monitoring market is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2017"
Follow the link for the full story.
Stu
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medical-wireless-monitoring-and-telehealth-devices-from-philips-ge-and-masimo-will-fuel-us-market-to-over-4-billion-105244228.html
Use of teleconsultation for stroke
Dear eHealth group,
while this doesn't answer Peter's first question regarding GPs charging for video consultation, I'm generally interested in ways in which video consultation can be used to deliver health services to people living in regional,rural and remote Australia.
I thought the group might be interested in an approach to development of telehealth infrastructure for rural/regional areas in the US.
The Regional Telestroke Initiative (http://strokeforum.doh.wa.gov/links/regional-telestroke-initiative) aims to "To reduce disparities by aligning regional resources and stakeholders and delivering stroke expertise to facilities across the Northwest region"
In particular they make reference to a recent policy summary from the American Heart Association (http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/40/7/2635) which explores ways in which telemedicine might help address current barriers to improved stroke care delivery in the United States.
I'd be interested to start a discussion about (a) how we might learn from the American experience and (b) explore ways in which neurological (stroke, TBI, Parkinson's disease etc) patients may benefit from telehealth services like video consultation.
Stu