Telemedicine to Transform European Healthcare

European healthcare is threatened by soaring costs and limited resources.
Market tests demonstrating that telemedical services can cut costs and
improve treatment are now being implemented across the continent. If you are
injured in a car crash or suspect you are having a stroke, quick diagnosis
and treatment by top specialists could be critical to the outcome. Wouldn't
it be great if you could get that state-of-the-art care wherever you are,
without having to be rushed to a clinic able to handle the case?
This is what the physicians and healthcare administrators of HEALTH OPTIMUM,
an EU- funded initial deployment project, thought when they accepted the
challenge of using IT to enhance healthcare across Europe, while helping to
contain out-of-control costs.
http://www.healthoptimum.info/

U.S. Diplomatic Efforts Get Tech Support

I run my wifes politcal campaign, but I saw this and I thought it deserves mention?

I don't believe tech is an end into itself to solve problems, but it can be a critical part of the solution." - Alec Ross, new senior adviser on innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

(WashingtonPost) Diplomatic Efforts Get Tech Support

ICN Telenursing Network

Geneva, Switzerland, 1 April 2009 –
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is pleased to announce the launch of the ICN Telenursing Network today during a keynote address at the Med-e-Tel Conference in Luxembourg.

Members of the new ICN Telenursing Network will collaborate with the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) Telenursing Working Group, and other professional and industry organisations, to advance the use of telehealth technologies among nurses worldwide. An ICN Telenursing Network Advisory Group, composed of telenursing representatives from different parts of the world, will provide leadership and direction for the work of the network.

The launch and first official meeting of the ICN Telenursing Network will take place on 1 July 2009 during the ICN 24th Quadrennial Congress in Durban, South Africa. All those interested in telenursing and telehealth are invited to attend this inaugural event.

ICN CEO David Benton stated, “ICN is at the forefront of preparing nurses to leverage telehealth technologies so they can extend their reach to patients anywhere and anytime. The publication of the ICN International Competencies for telenursing in 2008 provided the springboard for formation of the Telenursing Network in order to advance telenursing and telehealth. This will be pivotal for nursing and health care in the 21st century.”

Telenursing leaders in the US and Canada proposed the new network to ICN, where it was approved in May, 2008. Led by Dr. Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild, and including Lois Scott, Diane Castelli and Robert Pyke, these network leaders agree that “telenursing is a competency that all nurses will use in the future – together we must act to prepare our colleagues to incorporate this important role into their current practice. ICN, being a visionary organisation with a strong history of nursing leadership, has made a clear statement in launching the ICN Telenursing Network: telenursing offers unprecedented access to care and the ability to export nursing care using technology and is a powerful tool for global health care improvement.”

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of 133 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally (www.icn.ch).

Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC
Senior Policy Fellow
Department of Nursing Practice and Policy
American Nurses Association
Phone: 301-628-5060
Fax: 301-628-5349
carol.bickford@ana.org
www.nursingworld.org

Med-e-Tel 2009

When it comes to eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT, Med-e-Tel is the meeting place with a proven potential for Education, Networking and Business among a global audience with diverse professional backgrounds. .
This years opening session will include Global Telemedicine and eHealth Update (with European Commission, International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, International Telecommunication Union, International Council of Nurses, European Health Telematics Association, Russian Telemedicine Association, Internet Society Belgium) to name a few. And a excellent session NI/Telenursing with the likes of Dr Peter Murray,Lois Scott, Diane Castelli and Dr Claudia Bartz.
I will not there this year, but Med-e-Tel is the best kept secret in e-health/tehealth and ICT in the world and I would recommend it highly from a personal and professional expereince. Go to http://www.medetel.eu/index.php?rub=educational_program&page=program

New Emergency Telemeicine Program in La

I reported about this a few days ago that Baton Rouge, La., has begun to implement a telemedicine program to allow emergency department doctors to begin treating patients as they are being transported by ambulance to the ED. and here is a link the the local news paper in Baton Rouge http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/41190372.html, but here is the link to a video about the program
www.nbc33tv.com/news/medical-breakthrough-ambulance-cameras

Bob

The future of e-publihing and the Kindle

Reinventing the Kindle
From Seth's blog and yes I beleive he nails it with his comments?
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/reinventing-the-kindle-part-ii.html

CES and technologies for older people

Fyi,
Thanks to Steve st Telecare aware for the link.
http://www.telecareaware.com/index.php/ces-2009.html