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Written by Rob Williams
on December 16, 2015
 | In my previous post I reviewed some of the ways Telemedicine is being used across the province to support care of the elderly. In this post I’ll review findings from articles that explore the use and benefits of telemedicine in geriatrics.
A recent article published by Baycrest, compares a face-to-face session versus a telemedicine session for clinic-based group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with adults who suffer from depression and anxiety. The results of which show that group CBT can be delivered in a technology... |
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Written by Rob Williams
on July 30, 2015
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, better known as Project ECHO, is a multi-disciplinary collaborative model of medical education and care management that helps increase access to specialty care and “de-monopolizes” specialized services. The model facilitates a virtual peer-to-peer group via video conference for primary care providers and empowers them with new knowledge to manage challenging patients with selective types of complex chronic diseases.
Project ECHO started in 2003 by looking at Hepatitis C, and has since evolved to include supporting patients with HIV, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and other chronic complex diseases. These diseases are often a challenge for a... | |
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Written by Allan Zahara
on December 13, 2013
 | OTN Member organizations who take full advantage of their Videoconference Studios know they have a Golden Goose on their hands. The travel cost and productivity savings of videoconferencing can be very significant – and OTN’s Cost Savings Calculator shows you how.
If your staff are in the habit of getting in a car to drive to a regional meeting or an education event, they are incurring costs that can often be eliminated while taking advantage of the rich interactive experience of videoconferencing. Here’s how:
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