CareConnect Health, one of the largest primary health care providers in state of Georgia, providing comprehensive health services in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics-Gynecology, Infectious Diseases, Dentistry, and Behavioral Health is expanding its innovative in-school Virtual Care program to offer telehealth visits for teachers and students all over Georgia. Pre-pandemic,…
Telehealth Use Case
Summary: The VSee + Advantech telemedicine cart solution is providing accessible specialist Tele-ophthalmology care for elderly diabetics in rural Taiwan Diabetes is a chronic disease that currently affects approximately 463 million adults (aged 20 – 79 years) worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Federation. Over the next 10 years, the…
Summary: VSee and Advantech team up to allow Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to develop and deploy the best medical teleconsultation and point-of-care services in Qatar by combining VSee’s simple telehealth software and Advantech’s AMiS mobile medical carts for a complete Telemedicine Solution. Photo courtesy: Advantech and HMC Interview with Swati…
Telehealth has enjoyed a huge boom in the ‘era of new normality’, with health professionals across the globe treating patients with conditions ranging from diabetes to osteoarthritis, and even those opting for plastic surgery. Although this mode of treatment is useful for patients as a whole during the COVID-19 crisis,…
In the age of coronavirus, demand for telehealth services is projected to skyrocket, according to Time. Already, many people are benefiting from trying telehealth services, including children with autism. During social distancing or quarantine, parents of children with autism may reach out to doctors remotely to help their children receive care,…
If you don’t have a virtual clinic ready for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, now is the time to get one. The CDC has announced that it is “aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the US.”And a key recommendation is the…
The world’s older population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Today, 8.5 percent of people worldwide (617 million) are aged 65 and over. With the joys of aging come the development chronic conditions that need to be monitored, including oral health. It doesn’t take in-depth research to realize that dental…
The SpaKinect Telehealth Story For Alain Gazaui, SpaKinect was a calling. Seven years ago he noticed medical spas falling victim to medical board prior treatment approval compliance issues – from nurses being arrested to businesses being closed. The industry needed a solution, a way to bridge compliance and simplicity for…
In a recent New Yorker article, Atul Gawande, CEO of the Amazon, Berkshire, JP Morgan health initiative wrote about “Why Doctors Hate Their Computers.” He points to the soaring physician burnout rate and suicide rates that are nearly double (or triple for women physicians) the average population. The culprit, Gawande believes…
Art therapy is among the most cutting-edge approaches to treating symptoms of mental health, including depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. For instance, a review of over 15 clinical studies found that art therapy has “statistically significant positive effects” in treating issues with mental health and self-esteem. Clinically speaking, art therapy…
If you don’t get a good night’s sleep regularly, you are at risk from developing mental health issues. For instance, you are 50% more likely to get depression if you have insomnia. Having difficulty getting to sleep, having your sleep patterns regularly disrupted, or simply not getting enough sleep is also linked…
Join VSee and Teleradiology Specialists – a leader in teleradiology at this year’s American Telemedicine Association meeting in VSee booth #2510. They are announcing their partnership in offering direct-to-consumer Radiology Second Opinions and paving the way towards the marriage of telemedicine and teleradiology. Finding a Way To Marry Telemedicine and Teleradiology Traditionally telemedicine has…
Mark Carol, MD is the CEO of SonaCare – a radical surgery technology company. He started as a neurosurgeon and became widely known as the “father of IMRT” as well a a household name in Radiation Oncology. Dr. Carol is also an avid soccer player. Dr. Carol joined our TFSS…
Forest fire crew battling the raging Southern California fires. (Gene Blevins/Polaris/ABC News) For at least one counselor, VSee became instrumental in allowing her to stay in contact with clients during the recent destructive California Thomas fires. The Thomas fires which has displaced as many as 200,000 in LA and Ventura counties,…
“The auto-answer video calling feature of my software was originally provided by Skype. However, after years of on-going issues, poor quality calls and finally the removal of a key function with Skype, I decided to look for an alternative solution. After being disappointed by a couple of other products I…
“She’s the best therapist I’ve ever had,” my friend told me the other day, when I casually asked how talk therapy was going. The kicker is, my friend lives in Atlanta, her therapist is in Boston, and they meet in a virtual meeting room. Videoconferencing for Addiction and Other Mental…
Contributed by Priscilla R. Elfrey, Co-manager and co- developer of KSC Center for Life Cycle Design and executive producer of SEE – a collaborative college-level lunar mission modeling and simulation experience sponsored by NASA. The Simulation Exploration Experience team (SEE2017), met via VSee on April 5 to demonstrate it’s growing proficiency in simulation,…
Author: Greg Deranian There is more incentive than ever now to reduce hospital readmissions. That’s because the federal government is trying to reign in mounting medical costs. Healthcare is a commodity that has risen steadily over the years−and that trajectory is expected to remain consistent going forward. Consider the fact…
I had the privilege of traveling to Iraq Kurdistan twice in the past two years to help bring much needed telemedicine infrastructure and surgical services to refugees and the local inhabitants. For this I have to thank the work of renowned hepatic surgeon Dr. Gazi Zibari. Continue Reading…
It’s tough being a teen – we’ve all been there and can relate. Often all they need is someone who will listen and provide support. While technology brings with it problems like cyber-bullying, it also provides solutions like online counseling for teens and their families, so they can privately talk to a counselor online from anywhere at…