Telehealth Use Case

“So, exactly why would one need to video call a doctor vs. just talking to them?”

Reprinted wholesale from 3G Doctor Blog, by David Doherty (article link): Although those of us familiar with the use of video technology might think this is like not appreciating the opportunity that TV gave us over radio, I think it’s actually an interesting question and wanted to share my response here…

VSee, Ustream, Facebook and Mandy Moore Fight Malaria

On August 12th at 2:00 p.m. ET, Mandy Moore joins Nothing But Nets™ and PSI for a video townhall on malaria in Africa, broadcast on Facebook®. The video conferencing service will be provided by VSee Lab, Inc. and Ustream, and the event is hosted by Derrick Ashong, one of Katalyst Media’s Social…

Updates on Haiti Tech and VSee

Just a short little post to follow up on the CNN article from a few posts ago and the story about VSee and telemedicine for disaster relief a few posts before that. First, there’s a new article in CNN today regarding CrisisCamp and the results of their weekend creating tools…

Top Four Ways Providers Use Video for Better Health Care

Radiology Consultation at Stanford Hospital One of the major applications of real-time video is delivering expertise at a distance. There are few areas where this is more important than health care. We’ve been finding that quite a few of our customers are using video in health care applications that connect doctors…

Case Study: NanoAmp Solutions

Case Study: St. Mary’s County Library

Dan Cusick In my conversations with people who use VSee, I’ve been impressed with the breadth of applications, but a mainstay of our user base are organizations such as St. Mary’s Country Library in Maryland.  I recently spoke with Dan Cusick of the library’s IT department. The library has about…

Case Study: Paso a Paso

In a lesson that lasts 45 to 50 minutes, Pablo or one of the four instructors will establish an audio and video link (80% of their students have webcams), gesture and talk in Spanish. They also make extensive use of the screen sharing to present images to illustrate concepts, and…

VSee Case Study: The Conference Board

Jon Spector, CEO of The Conference Board The Conference Board is a non-profit business research organization whose members include 1,600 companies, including nearly 50 percent of the Fortune 500. We are probably best known for publishing the Consumer Confidence Index, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg of the…

Live from Chad to Washington, DC

World Refugee Day! Everything came together on time, at least on the technical front.  (Hillary Clinton was scheduled to appear but fell and broke her elbow. Anderson Cooper had plane troubles). But Angelina Jolie was there and spoke live to the refugees in Chad via VSee. The rehearsal Pam Omidyar…

Live Video Link to Chad Kicks Off World Refugee Day Activities

At an event marking the launch of activities for World Refugee Day on June 20, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie appeared today alongside UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres to call on the world to recognise millions of victims of conflict around the world not as a burden but…

Behind the Scenes at World Refugee Day

It looks like all the infrastructure is up and running for the UNHCR World Refugee Day event tomorrow at the National Geographic Grosvenor Auditorium and online on Saturday. In order to provide a two-way video link from the officials and celebrities in the US and the refugees in Chad, and…

Getting set for World Refugee Day

VSee and UN staff and volunteers are in Washington, DC, Mountain View, California, and Chad, preparing for World Refugee Day this Saturday, June 20, when they will use VSee over a satellite link to provide live video from the Djabal refugee camp in the eastern part of Chad. Yuen-Lin Tan,…

The Doctor Will VSee You Now

In a recent paper in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, A randomized trial of virtual visits in a general medicine practice, Boston internists Ronald Dixon and James Stahl had patients see a doctor in person and via video link. While the patients prefered the in-person appointment, their satisfaction still…

Study Shows Benefits of VSee for Oil Exploration & Production

GOC Gateway bridges the distance between the operations center and remote rigs Representatives of VSee customer Saudi Aramco and its solution partner Perfomix presented a paper today at the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2009 Digital Energy Conference. Entitled Operational Innovation with Real-Time Collaboration and Exception Management in Exploration & Production Industry, the…