JMIR-E-collection 'Telehealth and Telemonitoring'

E-collection 'Telehealth and Telemonitoring'

Clinical Outcome and Cost-Effectiveness of a Synchronous Telehealth Service for Seniors and Nonseniors with Cardiovascular Diseases: Quasi-Experimental Study

Ying-Hsien Chen, Yen-Hung Lin, Chi-Sheng Hung, Ching-Chang Huang, Deng-Feng Yeih, Pao-Yu Chuang, Yi-Lwun Ho, Ming-Fong Chen

J Med Internet Res 2013 (Apr 24); 15(4):e87

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Background: Telehealth based on advanced information technology is an emerging health care strategy for managing chronic diseases. However, the cost-effectiveness and clinical effect of synchronous telehealth services in older patients with cardiovascular diseases has not yet been studied. Since 2009, the Telehealth Center at the National Taiwan University Hospital has provided a range of telehealth services (led by a cardiologist and staffed by cardiovascular nursing specialists) for...

Health Professionals' Expectations Versus Experiences of Internet-Based Telemonitoring: Survey Among Heart Failure Clinics

Arjen E. de Vries, Martje H.L. van der Wal, Maurice M.W. Nieuwenhuis, Richard M. de Jong, Rene B. van Dijk, Tiny Jaarsma, Hans L. Hillege

J Med Internet Res 2013 (Jan 10); 15(1):e4

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Background: Although telemonitoring is increasingly used in heart failure care, data on expectations, experiences, and organizational implications concerning telemonitoring are rarely addressed, and the optimal profile of patients who can benefit from telemonitoring has yet to be defined. Objective: To assess the actual status of use of telemonitoring and to describe the expectations, experiences, and organizational aspects involved in working with telemonitoring in heart failure in the...

Telemedicine Service Use: A New Metric

Maurice Mars, Richard Scott

J Med Internet Res 2012 (Dec 19); 14(6):e178

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Background: Policy makers and funding agencies require relevant information on current practices of the use of telemedicine infrastructure and services. Several metrics have been used to describe average use of telemedicine services. None are adequate. Objective: To identify and assess a new metric–consultations per site per week (C/S/W). Methods: To determine existing usage, all papers and abstracts published between January 2005 and December 2009 in the Journal of Telemedicine and...