Description

Book Synopsis
Health communications technologies such as telemedicine, online access to patient databases, and remote patient monitoring are the norm in all health care organizations. This book goes beyond clinical and technical description to provide a quantitative approach for evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables, and Exhibits.

Preface.

Foreword
Jonathan D. Linkous

The Editors

The Contributors

PART ONE: IMPLEMENTATION

1. Problems with Implementation: The Story of a Home Telecare Trial
Frances S. Mair, Derek Hibbert, Carl R. May, Robert Angus, Tracy Finch, Angela Boland, Jane O’Connor, Alan Haycox, Chris Roberts, Simon Capewell

2. Challenges in Launching a Malaysian Teleconsulting Network
Richard Wootton, Mohamad Suhaimi Mohamad Tahir

3. Social Aspects of Implementing a Medical Information System: Cure or Symptom?
Ronald E. Rice

4. Telemedicine at Shriners Hospitals for Children: One Size Does Not Fit All
Mark L. Niederpruem, Robert Gerding, Mary E. Kautto, Peter Armstrong, Jana L. C. Lindsey, Katherine Y. Vigil, Cary Burcham, Michael Moushui, Shannon M. Lehman, Donald Lighter

PART TWO: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

5. Home Telehealth: Overcoming Buy-In Issues
Bonnie Perry Britton, Rhonda Chetney

6. A Model for Persuading Decision Makers and Finding New Partners
Glen Effertz, Steven Beffort, Alistair Preston, Frank D. Pullara, Dale C. Alverson

7. Leadership Issues Facing an E-Start-Up Management Team
James Patterson, Gary M. Shulman

8. A Health Care Information System in Greece: Key Factors, Self-Organization, and Take-Home Lessons
Angelina Kouroubali, Don E. Detmer, Manolis Tsiknakis, Stelios Orphanoudakis

9. The Anatomy of Failure? Teledermatology in an English City
Carl R. May, Maggie Mort, Tracy Finch, Frances S. Mair

PART THREE: COMMUNICATION

10. Research as Dialogue: Health Communication and Behavior Change in Patients' Natural Habitat
Linda M. Harris, Rita Kobb, Patricia Ryan, Adam Darkins, Gary L. Kreps

11. Diagnosing the Communication Infrastructure in Order to Reach Target Audiences: A Study of Hispanic Communities in Los Angeles
Pauline Hope Cheong, Holley A. Wilkin, Sandra Ball-Rokeach

12. The Role of Telehospice in End-of-Life Care
Collette M. Clemens, Beverly Davenport Sypher, Gary C. Doolittle

13. Doctor and Patient Interactions During Telemedicine: Clashes of Perceptions and Reality
Jeanine W. Turner, James D. Robinson, Adil Alaoui, James F. Winchester, Alan Neustadtl, Walid Gabriel Tohme, Betty A. Levine, Jeff Collmann, Seong K. Mun

PART FOUR: OUTCOMES

14. Teletherapy for Childhood Depression: Where Is the Evidence?
Eve-Lynn Nelson

15. Serving Children with Disabilities in Rural Iowa
Dennis C. Harper

16. Crisis Telehealth as a Cost Management Strategy
Susan L. Dimmick, Samuel G. Burgiss, Nikki Cook

17. Using Point-of-Care to Reduce Medication Errors
Chris L. Tucker, Russell Carlson

18. The United Kingdom Virtual Outreach Project
Paul Wallace

19. The Financial Side of a Tele-Oncology Practice
Gary C. Doolittle, Ashley Spaulding, Ryan Spaulding

PART FIVE: EDUCATION

20. The Role of the Internet in Prostate Cancer Survivors' Illness Narratives
Michael Irvin Arrington

21. Successful Web Site Construction and Management: Harnessing the Skill and Enthusiasm of Volunteers
Marlene M. Maheu, Joseph P. McMenamin

22. Multimedia Education for Gestational Diabetes Patients
Deborah C. Glik, Sally F. Shaw, Gloria M. Chinea, Amy Myerson

23. New Paradigms for Continuing Education: Training Providers How to Use Technology
Thomas S. Nesbitt, Thu P. Tran, Jana Katz

24. Telehealth in Cyberspace: Virtual Reality for Distance Learning in Health Education and Training
Dale C. Alverson, Stanley M. Saiki Jr., Thomas P. Caudell

25. The SEEDS Project: From Health Care Information System to Innovative Educational Strategy
Judith J. Warren, Katherine A. Fletcher, Helen R. Connors, Anita Ground, Charlotte Weaver

PART SIX: UNIQUE APPLICATIONS

26. Bringing Care Home to the Rural Elderly: Clinician and Patient Satisfaction with Telehealth Communication
Carma L. Bylund, Bonnie Wakefield, Jane E. Morse, Annette M. Ray

27. Systemwide Rollout of Doctor-Patient Secure Web Messaging: The University of California, Davis, Virtual Care Experience
Eric M. Liederman, Eric M. Zimmerman, Marcos A. Athanasoulis, Margaret A. C. Young

28. Low-Vision Reaching Out Through Telemedicine: The Process of Implementing One Ophthalmic Subspecialty
Jade S. Schiffman, Gina G. Wong, Rosa A. Tang

29. Internet-Based Specialty Consultations: A Study of Adoption Challenges
Paul Heinzelmann, Joseph Kvedar

30. Telerehabilitation: A Harvest of Multidisciplinary Services
Cynthia Scheideman-Miller

PART SEVEN: TECHNOLOGY

31. Sustainable Security: Building Virus and Vulnerability Management into an Organization's Culture
C. Scott Blanchette, David T. Noll

32. Designing Technology: A Case of Vendor and Provider Partnership
Audrey Kinsella, Kim Lee, Brenda Ecken

33. Behind the Applications: Making Technology Transparent
Sally R. Davis, Pamela Whitten

PART EIGHT: POLICY

34. Policy and the Origins of the Arizona Statewide Telemedicine Program
Ronald S. Weinstein, Gail Barker, Sandy Beinar, Michael Holcomb, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Ana Maria Lopez, Alison Hughes, Richard A. McNeely

35. The Long and Winding Road to Medicare Reimbursement
Joseph A. Tracy, Karen E. Edison

36. Addressing Barriers to Access for Uninsured in Western New York State: WNYhelpnet.org
Thomas Hugh Feeley, Denise M. Rizzo, Jeannine M. Osborne

37. Using Computer Technologies to Provide Relevant Cancer Information to Vulnerable Populations: The NCI Digital Divide Pilot Projects
Gary L. Kreps, David H. Gustafson, Peter Salovey, Rosemarie Slevin Perocchia, Wayne Wilbright, Mary Anne Bright, Cathy Muha, Carol C. Diamond

38. Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from the Health InterNetwork India
Joan Dzenowagis, Andrew Pleasant, Shyama Kuruvilla

Name Index

Subject Index

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 11/10/2013
      ISBN13: 9781118834121, 978-1118834121
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Health communications technologies such as telemedicine, online access to patient databases, and remote patient monitoring are the norm in all health care organizations. This book goes beyond clinical and technical description to provide a quantitative approach for evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies.

      Table of Contents

      Figures, Tables, and Exhibits.

      Preface.

      Foreword
      Jonathan D. Linkous

      The Editors

      The Contributors

      PART ONE: IMPLEMENTATION

      1. Problems with Implementation: The Story of a Home Telecare Trial
      Frances S. Mair, Derek Hibbert, Carl R. May, Robert Angus, Tracy Finch, Angela Boland, Jane O’Connor, Alan Haycox, Chris Roberts, Simon Capewell

      2. Challenges in Launching a Malaysian Teleconsulting Network
      Richard Wootton, Mohamad Suhaimi Mohamad Tahir

      3. Social Aspects of Implementing a Medical Information System: Cure or Symptom?
      Ronald E. Rice

      4. Telemedicine at Shriners Hospitals for Children: One Size Does Not Fit All
      Mark L. Niederpruem, Robert Gerding, Mary E. Kautto, Peter Armstrong, Jana L. C. Lindsey, Katherine Y. Vigil, Cary Burcham, Michael Moushui, Shannon M. Lehman, Donald Lighter

      PART TWO: MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS

      5. Home Telehealth: Overcoming Buy-In Issues
      Bonnie Perry Britton, Rhonda Chetney

      6. A Model for Persuading Decision Makers and Finding New Partners
      Glen Effertz, Steven Beffort, Alistair Preston, Frank D. Pullara, Dale C. Alverson

      7. Leadership Issues Facing an E-Start-Up Management Team
      James Patterson, Gary M. Shulman

      8. A Health Care Information System in Greece: Key Factors, Self-Organization, and Take-Home Lessons
      Angelina Kouroubali, Don E. Detmer, Manolis Tsiknakis, Stelios Orphanoudakis

      9. The Anatomy of Failure? Teledermatology in an English City
      Carl R. May, Maggie Mort, Tracy Finch, Frances S. Mair

      PART THREE: COMMUNICATION

      10. Research as Dialogue: Health Communication and Behavior Change in Patients' Natural Habitat
      Linda M. Harris, Rita Kobb, Patricia Ryan, Adam Darkins, Gary L. Kreps

      11. Diagnosing the Communication Infrastructure in Order to Reach Target Audiences: A Study of Hispanic Communities in Los Angeles
      Pauline Hope Cheong, Holley A. Wilkin, Sandra Ball-Rokeach

      12. The Role of Telehospice in End-of-Life Care
      Collette M. Clemens, Beverly Davenport Sypher, Gary C. Doolittle

      13. Doctor and Patient Interactions During Telemedicine: Clashes of Perceptions and Reality
      Jeanine W. Turner, James D. Robinson, Adil Alaoui, James F. Winchester, Alan Neustadtl, Walid Gabriel Tohme, Betty A. Levine, Jeff Collmann, Seong K. Mun

      PART FOUR: OUTCOMES

      14. Teletherapy for Childhood Depression: Where Is the Evidence?
      Eve-Lynn Nelson

      15. Serving Children with Disabilities in Rural Iowa
      Dennis C. Harper

      16. Crisis Telehealth as a Cost Management Strategy
      Susan L. Dimmick, Samuel G. Burgiss, Nikki Cook

      17. Using Point-of-Care to Reduce Medication Errors
      Chris L. Tucker, Russell Carlson

      18. The United Kingdom Virtual Outreach Project
      Paul Wallace

      19. The Financial Side of a Tele-Oncology Practice
      Gary C. Doolittle, Ashley Spaulding, Ryan Spaulding

      PART FIVE: EDUCATION

      20. The Role of the Internet in Prostate Cancer Survivors' Illness Narratives
      Michael Irvin Arrington

      21. Successful Web Site Construction and Management: Harnessing the Skill and Enthusiasm of Volunteers
      Marlene M. Maheu, Joseph P. McMenamin

      22. Multimedia Education for Gestational Diabetes Patients
      Deborah C. Glik, Sally F. Shaw, Gloria M. Chinea, Amy Myerson

      23. New Paradigms for Continuing Education: Training Providers How to Use Technology
      Thomas S. Nesbitt, Thu P. Tran, Jana Katz

      24. Telehealth in Cyberspace: Virtual Reality for Distance Learning in Health Education and Training
      Dale C. Alverson, Stanley M. Saiki Jr., Thomas P. Caudell

      25. The SEEDS Project: From Health Care Information System to Innovative Educational Strategy
      Judith J. Warren, Katherine A. Fletcher, Helen R. Connors, Anita Ground, Charlotte Weaver

      PART SIX: UNIQUE APPLICATIONS

      26. Bringing Care Home to the Rural Elderly: Clinician and Patient Satisfaction with Telehealth Communication
      Carma L. Bylund, Bonnie Wakefield, Jane E. Morse, Annette M. Ray

      27. Systemwide Rollout of Doctor-Patient Secure Web Messaging: The University of California, Davis, Virtual Care Experience
      Eric M. Liederman, Eric M. Zimmerman, Marcos A. Athanasoulis, Margaret A. C. Young

      28. Low-Vision Reaching Out Through Telemedicine: The Process of Implementing One Ophthalmic Subspecialty
      Jade S. Schiffman, Gina G. Wong, Rosa A. Tang

      29. Internet-Based Specialty Consultations: A Study of Adoption Challenges
      Paul Heinzelmann, Joseph Kvedar

      30. Telerehabilitation: A Harvest of Multidisciplinary Services
      Cynthia Scheideman-Miller

      PART SEVEN: TECHNOLOGY

      31. Sustainable Security: Building Virus and Vulnerability Management into an Organization's Culture
      C. Scott Blanchette, David T. Noll

      32. Designing Technology: A Case of Vendor and Provider Partnership
      Audrey Kinsella, Kim Lee, Brenda Ecken

      33. Behind the Applications: Making Technology Transparent
      Sally R. Davis, Pamela Whitten

      PART EIGHT: POLICY

      34. Policy and the Origins of the Arizona Statewide Telemedicine Program
      Ronald S. Weinstein, Gail Barker, Sandy Beinar, Michael Holcomb, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Ana Maria Lopez, Alison Hughes, Richard A. McNeely

      35. The Long and Winding Road to Medicare Reimbursement
      Joseph A. Tracy, Karen E. Edison

      36. Addressing Barriers to Access for Uninsured in Western New York State: WNYhelpnet.org
      Thomas Hugh Feeley, Denise M. Rizzo, Jeannine M. Osborne

      37. Using Computer Technologies to Provide Relevant Cancer Information to Vulnerable Populations: The NCI Digital Divide Pilot Projects
      Gary L. Kreps, David H. Gustafson, Peter Salovey, Rosemarie Slevin Perocchia, Wayne Wilbright, Mary Anne Bright, Cathy Muha, Carol C. Diamond

      38. Bridging the Digital Divide: Lessons from the Health InterNetwork India
      Joan Dzenowagis, Andrew Pleasant, Shyama Kuruvilla

      Name Index

      Subject Index

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