Effectiveness of rehabilitation process is undeniable in many musculoskeletal and joint conditions. There are increasing evidences that elecronic visits and tele-rehabalition programs are useful. When social distancing policies limit orthopedic surgeons to use hospital or clinic-based rehabilitation, developing of Home-based & Tele-rehabilitation modalities are highly recommended by Orthopedic ...

The fundamental principle for telemedicine implementation in the real world is to address basic needs of healthcare services. utilization naturally aimed overcome distance, time, and financial constraints. Remote areas that are far from cities centers main regions would mostly get benefit program, instance, Indonesia, a country with big archipelago area South-East Asia. primary center this comm...

This paper has two aims: 1) to describe the tele-expertise system implemented in the Montpellier University Hospital (France) in order to optimize antimicrobial use 2) to analyze the prescribers' adherence to this system. For the second purpose, an observational prospective study was conducted for 12 months. Data were collected from counselling advices, which were notified in the electronic med...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Its prevalence calls for innovative rehabilitation methods. The Rutgers Arm is a novel upper extremity rehabilitation system consisting of a low-friction table, three-dimensional (3D) tracker, custom forearm support, PC workstation, library of Java 3D virtual reality (VR) exercises, clinical database module, and a tele-rehab...

BACKGROUND Australia's health disparity, combined with evolving technologies, has evoked increasing interest and funding in health services that could address inequities. One such emerging service is tele-medicine. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this report is to discuss and evaluate the current literature regarding patient and practitioner satisfaction with tele-medicine, and more specifically tel...

♦ Author for correspondence. Abstract Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Its prevalence calls for innovative rehabilitation methods for post-stroke patients. The Rutgers Arm is a novel arm rehabilitation system consisting of a special table, 3D tracker, custom forearm support, PC workstation, library of Java 3D VR exercises, clinical database module, and a te...

Introduction Technology to enhance hypertension management is increasingly used in primary care; however, it has not been evaluated an Asian care setting. We aimed understand the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of a technology-enabled home blood pressure monitor when deployed care, patients’ perspectives about technology. Methods A quasi-experimental cohort study was conducted polyclinic...

We propose a new framework for Internet-based telepresence, in which the participants collaboratively experience and effect events at a remote site.. The system combines a remote agent (the “Tele-Actor”) with distributed audience control (the “Tele-Directors”). This framework allows the remote group of Tele-Directors not only to view but to vote on commands and thereby to participate in the Tel...

OBJECTIVE We report our experience with tele-echocardiography and echocardiograms recorded digitally or on videotape (recorded-echos) at The University of Arizona from August 2006 to December 2010 and compare their quality and diagnostic accuracy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tele-echocardiograms (tele-echos) were transmitted from the Yuma Regional Medical Center to The University of Arizona via a T...