Interesting article on iPad in emergency medicine…

The iPad offers a solution. Maybe it won’t happen with this specific iPad release. Maybe it won’t happen this year or next. But I expect emergency physicians will someday be able to wander through their department, moving patient to patient, with a tablet like the iPad tucked under their arms. During encounters, we’ll use iPads to tap on elements of the history or exam in, and enter orders – all very quickly at the bedside. These tablets will help us go over images and lab results with patients, and let us review diagnoses and instructions.

How The iPad Can Change Emergency Medicine

Yesterday we formally announced a new telehealth program in the Miami-Dade County Public School System at an event at North Miami Beach Senior High School. Six schools in the North Miami Beach feeder pattern are involved in the initiative, which allows children to receive pediatric primary care in their school clinic, linked to a primary care physician stationed at one of the schools in the feeder pattern. Also, the system will link back to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for pediatric specialty care.

Local Channel 7 WSVN News covered the event and has a short clip on their website:

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ATA Latin American & Caribbean Chapter 2009 Regional Meeting

In cooperation with University of Miami Telehealth

December 6-8, 2009; Caribe Hilton; San Juan, PR

Telehealth leaders and innovators from the Caribbean and Latin America will be gathering at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico this December for the 2009 annual meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the American Telemedicine Association (ATALACC). The program includes telehealth professionals from throughout Pan-America engaged in presentations by the region’s experts, lively group discussion, and social networking. Leading companies from throughout the telehealth industry will display, demonstrate, and discuss their products and services with attendees. This is a unique forum for cooperation among colleagues throughout the Americas and exchange of ideas related to the growth and diffusion of telehealth throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

For more information and registration:

http://www.americantelemed.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3669

© 2009 – American Telemedicine Association

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, a leader in neurology and telemedicine, and Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), the nation’s largest privately funded telemedicine provider, announced they’re collaborating in acute teleneurology.

This program links hospitals throughout Florida and several other states with the Miller School’s expert neurologists. The Miller School is recognized as one of the world’s leading academic medical centers for the management of cerebral vascular disease and treats simple and complex vascular disorders using the most recent developments in emergency care and stroke neurology. The Miller School/SOC linkage gives participating hospitals 24-hour access to some of the best emergency neurologists in the country.

According to Ralph Sacco, M.S., M.D., professor and chair of neurology at the Miller School, “Our large and growing stroke, critical care and interventional neurology faculty at the Miller School and Jackson Memorial are excited about collaborating with SOC to expand the availability of acute neurology services.

“Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in Florida and we desperately need to increase the number of patients with access to acute stroke care,” Sacco says.

SOC provides urban, suburban and critical access hospitals nationwide with immediate 24/7 access to highly trained specialty physicians. With operational bases on both coasts, SOC is the only privately funded national teleneurology provider to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval.

“I am delighted that the Miller School’s Neurology and TeleHealth departments will partner with SOC to provide `just-in-time’ expertise to effectively diagnose, and recommend treatment to, patients experiencing acute neurologic events,” says Anne Burdick, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for telehealth and community outreach.

“We are very, very excited about the opportunity to collaborate with the University of Miami,” says Dr. Joe Peterson, CEO of Specialists on Call. He describes Drs. Sacco and Burdick as innovative collaborators who look beyond traditional boundaries to achieve great results.  “For SOC, this is one more demonstration that we can collaborate with academic medical teams to extend their direct impact well beyond their medical center.”

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For more information contact:

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine:
Lisa Worley
305-243-5184 / 305-458-9654
Lworley2@med.miami.edu

Specialists On Call:
Clark Wells
866-483-9690
wells@specialistsoncall.com

We’ve added a UM TeleHealth presence on Facebook. Check it out…

After much consideration, we decided to move ahead with a new web presence on Wordpress until we get our new University-wide CMS application up and running. Your constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.