Showing posts with label TELEHEALTH. Show all posts
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Friday, February 21, 2014

VA, KAISER PERMANENTE PARTNER TO SOLVE VETERANS HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS

FROM:  VETERANS AFFAIRS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2014 VA Partners with Kaiser Permanente Better Care and Innovative Research behind Collaboration
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente, a leading member of the health care industry, to pool resources and ideas to solve some of the largest and most complex challenges in VA health care. "VA is always on the lookout for opportunities for partnerships with the private sector and other federal agencies to enhance care for Veterans,"said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "We are proud to partner with Kaiser Permanente for the health and wellbeing of our Nation's Veterans." The partnership will enable more effective research and sharing of "best practices," focusing initially on four areas: Telehealth and virtual care; Genomics; Care of Veterans who are members of Kaiser Permanente; and Advanced analytics to use large data sets and population management with appropriate patient privacy protections. Together VA and Kaiser Permanente will develop recommendations for how to design care using advanced analytics and technologies as well as research. This is not the first major collaboration between the two organizations.

 In 2010, Kaiser Permanente and VA launched a pilot program to exchange medical data using the Nationwide Health Information Network. The innovative pilot, launched in 2009, allows clinicians from both organizations to obtain a more comprehensive view of a patient's health record using electronic health record information, including information about health issues, medications and allergies while ensuring that patient privacy and confidentiality are protected. "We are eager to continue to redesign the experience of our Veterans seeking health care to increase ease of access and quality of services,"said Patrick Littlefield, Acting Director of VA Center for Innovation, "We're excited about this partnership to make way for useful and tangible outputs." With over 8 million enrollees, VA operates the largest integrated health care delivery system in the United States, with a mission to honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being. VA provides a broad range of primary care, specialized care, and related medical and social support services. More information is available at http://www.va.gov/health/. VA is also the Nation's largest provider of health care education and training for physician residents and other health care trainees. VA advances medical research and development in areas that most directly address the diseases and conditions that affect Veterans and eligible beneficiaries. # # #

Friday, February 1, 2013

SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE NEW MOBILE PHONE APP

FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Mobile App Provides Biofeedback For Patients
National Center for Telehealth and Technology News Release


JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., Feb. 1, 2013 - The Department of Defense has released a smart phone mobile application to help service members use the therapeutic benefits of biofeedback.

BioZen, a mobile app from the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology based here, known as T2, uses wireless sensors to show users their physical level of relaxation. It is the first portable, low-cost method for clinicians and patients to use biofeedback in and out of the clinic.

"Mastering biofeedback successfully is difficult and frustrating for many people," said Dr. David Cooper, T2 psychologist. "This app takes many of the large medical sensors found in a clinic and puts them in the hands of anyone with a smart phone. BioZen makes it easier for anyone to get started with biofeedback."

BioZen shows real-time data from multiple body sensors including electroencephalogram, electromyography, galvanic skin response, electrocardiogram, respiratory rate, and skin temperature. Each sensor sends a separate signal to the phone so users can see how their body is responding to their behavior.

The system can display Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma brain waves. It can also combine the brain waves to show meditative and attentive cognitive states. Users can document their session with biofeedback data recorded in the phone or tablet. BioZen generates graphical feedback from the recording sessions to show the user's progress over time.

The mobile application, free for Android devices, is built on an open source framework Bluetooth Sensor Processing for Android, also known as B-SPAN, developed by T2.

Users need to purchase compatible medical sensors to use the app. A sensor can range in price depending on quality. The cost of compatible sensors begins between $75 and $150. A list of compatible sensors is on the BioZen website.

The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, a component center of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, serves as the primary Department of Defense office for cutting-edge approaches in applying technology to psychological health.

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