7 August 2006. The new Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN) is using Cisco voice and video over Internet Protocol (IP) call centers to deliver quality healthcare in a multi-cultural society. In California, 40 percent of all Californians speak a language other than English at home.

A recent survey of health care providers found that over 70 percent reported that langua...   (read article)

Posted 17 April 2006. Health professionals from the Algarve and Andalucia met recently  to discuss strategy and share clinical experiences relating to the various screening programmes currently being operated in the two regions. The screening projects form part of the Telemedicine Development Programme of the Algarve-Andalucia (INTERREG III A, an EU funded programme). (Thi...   (read article)

21 October posted 8 November 2004. The United States Distance Learning Association awarded Jana Lindsey, a registered nurse and telemedicine coordinator at Honolulu Shriners Hospital for Children with its “Most Outstanding Achievement by an Individual – Telehealth” honour. The award recognizes Lindsey’s efforts in developing and championing the hospital’s state-of-the-art telemedicine program.<...   (read article)

18 October 2004. The city of Eindhoven in The Netherlands is served by Catharina Hospital, a prestigious center of medical treatment and learning. Its 140 physicians, covering 30 medical specialties, receive the most serious cases in southeast Holland. The hospital is now using visual communications,to give its doctors a diagnostic view of patients never before possible.

Visiting doctor...   (read article)

Posted 27 September 2004. It is true that the University of Hull and the University of York are 40 miles apart. But their medical students manage to attend the same lectures at the same time. They even take turns asking questions of the professor. When a lecture is over, students in Hull and their fellow students in York often exchange remarks and wisecracks before returning to their physically...   (read article)

Posted 10 May 2004. Health First is an innovative and fast growing not-for-profit health care provider near Cape Canaveral and the Space Coast with five facilities and nearly 6,000 employees in a 35-mile radius around Rockledge, Florida. Round-trip travel between the facilities absorb management and staff time of one to two hours. So HMO Health First uses videoconferencing and data-collaboratio...   (read article)

10 May 2004. The Paediatric Cardiology Department at The Clark Clinic of the Belfast Royal Group of Hospitals has been piloting the use of videoconferencing technology to provide care-in-the-home for babies and very small children recovering from heart surgery. The Home Care project, has been in it’s operational phase now for over six months and the benefits of the use of these TANDBERG systems...   (read article)

6 May 2004. Sheffield Children’s Hospital has installed a Polycom video conferencing systems in the homes of children with life-limiting neurological conditions to facilitate their care and support. This allows medical consultants to talk via video link with patients and their families in the comfort of their own home reducing the need for regular hospital visits and allowing patients and their...   (read article)

28 February 2003. When Simon Jesson joined The Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital (QEH) in Margate, Kent, UK, six months ago, he found that there were videoconferencing systems installed but not used. What he did to get the VC systems back into use has important lessons for other hospitals. And also for the videoconferencing industry - who need to provide continuing training for would-be use...   (read article)

18 March 2003. The Bristol Royal Infirmary at the United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust (UBHT )has pioneered the introduction of Digital Imaging Systems (DR, CT, MR, US, CR, CathLabs) linked to a Storage Area Network (SAN) & Network Access Storage (NAS) rather than an expensive PACS solution.

Bristol Royal Infirmary is one hospital within the UBHT NHS Trust in the UK (comprising seven...   (read article)

This user application won the Polycom User Group – Best Practice Award for 2002

Healthcare organizations all over the world are facing the same challenge – do more with existing resources, or in some cases, do more with less.

Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS) is a model for a dispersed healthcare system in which the power of an IP video network is leverag...   (read article)

30 September 2002. Before Direct Visual installed videoconferencing systems, the Oncologists, Radiologists and Pathologists who provide the backbone to the cancer service network of the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust., had to travel around Lincolnshire for meetings. This wasted valuable time and money.

With the new videoconferencing equipment, they can share inform...   (read article)

January 2002. Telemedicine is the most advanced frontier in the field of healthcare services. It uses video communications to break down geographical barriers and provide specialized medical care virtually anywhere in the world.

In many countries, including Switzerland, children with heart disease often live far from specialist paediatric centers. The Bellinzona and Valli Regional ...   (read article)

29 July 2002 . Thirteen Italian hospitals are to set up a televideoconsulting network involving 13 cardiology units, using a specialised system capable of managing medical records and images, in addition to traditional video conferencing. The opportunity to exchange experiences and discuss opinions is a significant advantage of the system.

An intensive training programme network from Se...   (read article)

The South West Midlands Health Authority have installed 14 video-conferencing systems in a drive to establish an “Open Office” Communications Policy.  The Authority's Chief Executive, Mike Marchment, explained: "we are a large, widely-spread organisation dealing with complex issues, making quick decisions, and responsible for a large budget. Frequent communications are, therefore, vital to...   (read article)

The INAIL Prosthesis Centre manufactures prostheses and trains patients how to use them. With headquarters in Budrio, INAIL has centres throughout Italy.

INAIL uses Aethra's videocommunication products to provide teleassistance to wearers of upper-limb prostheses (using OttoBock's myoelectrically-controlled hand) equipped with a sophisticated computerized control circuit called MCA...   (read article)

St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) is a non-profit health system that provides a broad range of medical services within three geographic regions - Northern California, Southern California and West Texas/Eastern New Mexico. St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) is an integrated healthcare delivery organization that exists to extend the Catholic healthcare ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. ...   (read article)