Healthcare

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The healthcare industry utilizes videoconferencing in many aspects which has enabled the industry to maximize their sparse resources. It has given them flexibility with patients who may otherwise be unable to receive the expertise of professionals. Videoconferencing offers an alternative for Healthcare providers to increase their level of patient care, control costs, address staff shortages, serve rural patients and keep pace with the competition. Telemedicine uses video conferencing technologies and electronic communications to allow patients at one site to have a visit with a provider at a different site. Sometimes the distance is a few miles - other times telemedicine connects patients and providers that are 1000's of miles apart. The videoconferencing technologies used by telemedicine allows patients to see clinicians that are not at the same location. Videoconferencing allows the patient and doctor to see and talk to each other like a live television broadcast. The tools used by clinicians to observe and collect vital information, such as otoscopes and stethoscopes, have been adapted so the clinician and patient can see and hear as if they were in the same room.  Advantages of videoconferencing in healthcare are:  media type="youtube" key="9Ird9yXjeXU" height="307" width="384"
 * Increase productivity of healthcare professionals
 * Effectively educate hospital staff, clinicians and the community
 * Extend patient care and expertise to remote areas
 * Improve patient care with mobility solutions

=Top Leaders =

Healthcare, because of its critical nature, has always been on top of the latest technology. Videoconferencing has given healthcare a new medium to provide services to patients. These services are widely becoming prevalent in many areas of healthcare including behavioral issues. > >
 * Polycom, inc. is a world class leader in providing videoconferencing solutions for it's clients. Here are a few situations where Polycom was able to assist with their expertise.
 * [[file:Project Echo.pdf]]- New Mexico was overwhelmned with a number of Hepatitis C cases. Polycom was able to implement a videoconferencing system that enabled the qualified physicians to train others to combat the huge outbreak.
 * [[file:South Carolina Dept. of Health.pdf]]- South Carolina's Department of Health covers all 46 counties in the state with 17 community based mental health centers. Mobile conferencing units are dispersed to the patient and videoconferencing is used with an office based physician.
 * [[file:Michigan Dept of Corrections.pdf]]- Michigan Department of corrections was able to improve healthcare and intake procedures by treating infectious diseases and conducting psychiatric evaluations via videoconferencing.
 * NuPhysicia healthcare is a leader in utilizing videoconferencing for many avenues and has shown innovation in uses and application of videoconferencing in healthcare. Their platform of healthcare is based on Telemedicine which puts them at the top of their industry. An article in the [|Houston Business Journal] showcased NuPhysicia's use of medical videoconferencing in the workplace.The product is called "Medicine at Work" and is placed in a company's worksite and the attending physicians are always available.

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=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Healthcare Uses **=

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Video conferencing has taken many organizations to a whole new level and healthcare is no exception. In the healthcare industry, video services have actually saved lives and have the potential to save many more. With the ability to confer and train with doctors anywhere in the world, many hospitals and healthcare institutions have improved the quality of healthcare to their patients, from infants to the elderly.

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Case Studies =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NY Dept of Pediatrics training hospital need to continue ongoing training to the residents without compromising the care of the patients.[]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By connecting via videoconferencing, UC Davis Children's Hospital has been able to provide immediate critical care to children.[|http://www.tandberg.com/video-conferencing-case-studies/tandberg-healthcare-customers-stories/uc-davis-children-hospitals.pdf] = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal;"> Dedicated to international Collaboration among physicians, scientists, technologists, engineers and educators, the Seattle Science Foundation sought to provide a realistic operating room environment to advance surgical training and practice new surgical techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[]

=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Emerging Technologies **=

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There has been a dramatic growth of videoconferencing in the healthcare industry since government has budgeted $400 million to support telemedicine technologies that provide long-distance health care. Now the videoconferencing technology will advance in order to keep up with the demand. Companies like Tandberg, Polycom, Cisco, and LifeSize continue to create highly advanced videoconferencing equipment to better service the healthcare industry.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">VidyoHealth uses the Internet and other non-QoS networks to deliver telepresence-quality, low-latency, natural communications. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">VidyoHealth’s components include the VidyoDesktop software client for Macs, Windows or Linux; a VidyoClick touch-screen solution for home-based services; the VidyoPortal appliance for Web-based management services; a VidyoRouter for call processing and routing; VidyoRoom systems with optional mobile medical carts; and the VidyoGateway, an optional connectivity device to link the system to legacy H.323 or SIP end points. []

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