Category: Telemedicine

Giving Back One Telemedicine Backpack at a Time

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During a disaster, infrastructure, like electricity, water, roads and communication, may be damaged or destroyed.   Large crowds of people are in critical need. “Help can’t get to them and they can’t get to help,” Randy Roberson found. The social infrastructure is surely overwhelmed and chaotic without any command and control.  Medical care, which is desperately … Continue reading Giving Back One Telemedicine Backpack at a Time

Passion and Advocacy for Good: IpodTouch for Tele-Trauma

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When it comes to innovation and passionate advocacy, Dr. Rafael J. Grossmann Zamora is a head above the rest.  As a specialist in Trauma and a Trauma Surgeon, he is on the front lines caring for and saving people who have been seriously injured.   Unfortunately Trauma Specialists are few and far between.  And this … Continue reading Passion and Advocacy for Good: IpodTouch for Tele-Trauma

Unlocking the Individual’s Ability to Care for Themselves*

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“The “biggest value [of connected health]* is in unlocking [the] individual's ability to care for themselves!”  So says Joseph Kvedar, MD, Founder and Director The Center for Connected Health, a Division of Partners Health  in Boston, Massachusetts. #HCHLITSS, Health Communication, Health Literacy and Social Sciences twitter chat started 2012 with a bang.  With our guest, Dr. Joseph … Continue reading Unlocking the Individual’s Ability to Care for Themselves*