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Access the power of health care telecommunication technologies.
E-health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine is a hands-on resource
that shows how communication technologies can be designed, implemented,
and managed to help health care professionals expand and transform
their organizations. Step by step the authors reveal how to introduce
innovative communication tools to a wide range of health care settings.
This indispensable book contains a wealth of information, suggestions,
and advice about program development, ethics, laws, and technical
options. E-health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine also includes
illustrative examples of eHealth, telehealth, and telemedicine models
from successful health care organizations.
Using this practical guide health care professionals can learn
how to:
Create a business plan, that attracts funding, and leads
to robust referral networks.
Choose the best equipment to meet specific programmatic
needs.
Makes sense of the computerization of medical records including
issues such as privacy, confidentiality, security and data integrity.
Apply the best practices practical for protecting their
organizations and patients in the electronic health care environment.
Access online resources of relevant web sites, email lists,
and publications.
Develop successful risk management policies and in addition,
the authors offer an insightful overview of telecommunication technology's
influence upon health care, present a review of the most current
literature on the topic, and include practical information about
what to do to get started.
THE AUTHORS
Marlene Maheu, Ph.D., is the CEO
and President of E-health Interactive and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief
of SelfhelpMagazine.com. She is also the Director of Telehealth
for the California School of Professional Psychology.
Pamela Whitten, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, Department
of Telecommunications, Michigan State University. Formerly she was
the Director of Telemedicine Services at the University of Kansas
Medical Center.
Ace Allen, M.D., is the Editor-in-Chief, Telemedicine Today
Magazine, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University
of Kansas Medical Center and CEO, Today Communications, Inc.
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