Author: Chenoweth, Ann

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2017

Two years ago, I travelled to central Honduras to volunteer my time and HIM expertise at a clinic that supports the primary care needs of 90,000 people. It was an experience I’ll never forget. Access to specialists is few and far between so the clinic had recently implemented telemedicine....

Author: Kalankesh, Leila R.; Pourasghar, Faramarz; Nicholson, Lorraine; Ahmadi, Shamim; Hosseini, Azamol-sadat

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: October 2016

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Background: Telehealth has been defined as the remote delivery of healthcare services using information and communication technology. Where resource-limited health systems face challenges caused by the increasing burden of chronic diseases and an aging global population,....

Author: Marron-Stearns, Michael

Source: AHIMA newsletter article | CodeWrite

Publication Date: October 2016

Starting January 1, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began reimbursing providers for non-face-to-face care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions, per the chronic care management (CCM) services initiative. Despite the fact that CCM has....

Author: Potter, Andrew J; Ward, Marcia M; Natafgi, Nabil; Ullrich, Fred; MacKinney, A Clinton; Bell, Amanda L; Mueller, Keith J

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: July 2016

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Telemedicine is a means of improving care quality and access in rural areas, but limited evidence is available on how telemedicine affects the hospital-community relationship. We examined hospital staff perceptions about the ways in which rural communities benefited from....

Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2016

Every Internet hypochondriac can agree on one thing: No good can ever come from Google image searching one’s own dermatologic irregularities. Spider bite or skin cancer? Only a doctor can know for sure… or can they?


Ideally, every person who wonders about a skin condition can gai....

Author: Journal of AHIMA Staff

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2016

The consequences of failing to correctly diagnose child abuse are enormous—and a burden to any pediatric provider. Rural healthcare providers, who regularly treat suspected victims of abuse in emergency rooms and clinics, often lack access to the tools and experts that can help them make more i....

Author: Hedges, Ron

Source: AHIMA blog post | Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: January 20, 2016

Telemedicine is, to say the least, “exploding”—both as a source of electronic health information and a business model. As of December 2015, “29 states and Washington D.C. have enacted legislation ensuring that private insurers offer reimbursement for telemedicine at equival....

Author: Martin, Melissa

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2016

In Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly traveled from 1985 to 2015, and while there he used videoconferencing to communicate with his coworker Needles. Although the real 2015 might not be exactly the world that Marty McFly found in the movie, teleconferencing with a doctor and other te....

Author: Ayatollahi, Haleh; Sarabi, Fatemeh Zahra Pourfard; Langarizadeh, Mostafa

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: 2015

Abstract


Introduction: Telemedicine is an application of information and communication technology in the healthcare environment. This study aimed to compare knowledge and perceptions of telemedicine technology among different groups of clinicians.


Methods: This surve....

Author: Davis, Adrian

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: September 2015

This year the American Telemedicine Association estimates more than 450,000 patients will see a doctor in the form of a virtual visit over a secure Internet connection. As new models for service delivery and population health emerge, virtual physician visits are fast becoming an important....