1. TeleHealth Presented by: Denzann Ellis Albert Wyatt Alexander Ane
Michael Kanis
Jana Giordani
Ryan Tabb

2. Introduction to TeleHealth
What is TeleHealth?
What are the types of TeleHealth currently being practiced?
Adaptation of TeleHealth…
By: Denzann Ellis

3. History of TeleHealth Developmental Desire for Device
Telemedicine in the 1960’s
NASA conducted first Telemedic experiment
Reaching rural areas that lack healthcare facilities
Desire for Device
Paper records/Medical Charts EMRs/PHRs/EHRs
E-Health – meeting patient needs more efficiently
Quality care means that we are saving lives!

4. TeleHealth & The Healthcare System
By: Albert Wyatt

5. TeleHealth Implementation
Is there a need?
Who will we serve?
What services will we offer?
Who will perform the services?
What are the benefits?

6. Efficacy of TeleHealth
Is there a benefit?
In wound care, TeleHealth saved elderly patients $650 a year in transportation alone
Patients have similar outcome scenarios
It allows for patients to have expert advice without waiting
Saves patients time
Saves providers time

7. Current Applications Used…
By: Alex Ane

8. Types of Applications Store & Forward Real-Time TeleHealth
Remote Patient Monitoring

9. Fields of Use
Radiology
Tele-surgery
Remote Patient Monitoring

10. The Pros vs. The Cons
By: Michael Kanis

11. Pros (Economic) + Time saved by everybody
+ Store-and-Forward cheap and easy to access at an average cost of $0.016 per transaction
+ Face-to-Face consultation costs very little compared to an actual visit to the doctor, often only requiring internet access and a webcam ($50 + monthly fees)
+ Demand for hospital space will decline, driving down prices
+ 74% cost reduction in 2001 case study

12. Cons (Economic) - Time wasted acquiring out-of-state license
- Medicare restrictions
- Time and Money spent on education ($50 per textbook, $1,000+ to hire a consultant, $100+ for tutorials and unrealistic initiative required of elders to learn about computers)
- Establishing protocol requires lobbying and compromises from vendors, Reducing incentive

13. Benefits & Costs
By: Jana Giordani

14. Benefits… A few benefits of TeleHealth Disadvantages
Tracked down the E.coli outbreak
Allows dentists to use various videoconferencing systems
Skype and digital video cameras
Keeps consultations running smoothly with the help of an attending nurse
Long term care allows patients to stay home in their own comfort
Disadvantages
With TeleHealth being relatively new to the medical field:
teleheath has not progressed to the point where practitioners can be certain technological failure will not occur during a consultation
legal issues have yet to be resolved by legislature which presents road blocks in advancement
shared network use poses problems in security and privacy

15. Rising Costs…
The wound care facility purchased $5000 in videoconferencing equipment
This allowed for remote consultations between the patient, an onsite geriatric nurse practitioner and a wound care nurse practitioner
  After one year, the facility found that they had saved a total $13,650 in transportation costs alone
The wounds of all patients involved in the study healed
This gives us a good idea at how much money and time can be saved if TeleHeath were implemented on a larger scale.

16. Savings… The average cost of a TeleHealth consultation is $136.16
This is in contrast with a cost of $ and an average patient time cost of 8.5 hours for a face to face visit
Yet, the patient spends roughly 20 minutes with the provider
TeleHealth patients saved $ or 44.7% over face to face patients

17. I’m Dr. Bot How can I help you today?
Future Applications
Hi There.
I’m Dr. Bot How can I help you today?
By: Ryan Tabb

18. Technological Development (OuterSpace & Other Countries)
Access to training and specialist surgeons for less developed countries
Possible to treat soldiers in the battlefield
Surgical procedures in space

19. Other Uses…
Keep track of your heart beat on your phone and upload it to Facebook/Twitter
If you drop dead, your friends and family will be notified quickly
Robots to serve as companions and provide services for those who are unable to do so themselves

20. QUESTIONS?
Questions?