telehealth

Congratulations to Henry N. Young, PhD, Georgia CTSA Integrating Special Populations (ISP) Co-Director and Head of the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy’s Clinical and Administrative Department. Dr. Young is a recipient of the prestigious UGA President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award that recognizes individuals who have worked to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality and justice a

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Research Award hub, has awarded $200,000 in pilot funding across five multi-institutional research projects. Teams of physicians, researchers, sustainability experts and software engineers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Virginia

Emergency departments across the United States experienced a surge in opioid overdose cases during the pandemic. Now, a program at VCU Health aims to help those patients receive the treatment they need after they leave the emergency department. The new VCU Health Virtual Bridge Clinic creates a direct link between the emergency department and treatment programs for patients with opioid use

As the pandemic brings potentially lasting change to every corner of society, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are working to capture data around one of the most ubiquitous changes to emerge from the health care world. Telehealth — where doctors and patients are distant from one another, connected through digital means — can mean anything from a brief phone call to an urgent video

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a $228,000 federal grant to test telehealth as a way to improve Arkansas’ death rate among pregnant women, which ranks fifth nationally. Led by UAMS’ Hari Eswaran, Ph.D., the research team will focus on remote health monitoring of pregnant women in rural areas with few health providers or resources. The goal is to

Jennifer Rosenthal, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, will begin a four-year K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study pediatric interfacility transfers. Pediatric interfacility transfers are frequent but poorly studied events. Dr. Rosenthal’s project, “Telemedicine Consultations

Stephanie Crossen, a pediatric endocrinologist and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at UC Davis Health, will begin a four-year K23 training award funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Dr. Crossen will study several ways to leverage telehealth and connected health technology to improve care delivery and outcomes for children and

Hailed for its ability to erase distance between health care providers in cities and patients in rural areas, telehealth has ironically enabled medical care to continue in a time when we all must keep our distance. Across the country, telehealth use has spiked as providers offer virtual patient visits to ensure medical needs are met while minimizing COVID-19 exposure. Regulatory agencies have

“Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, our Diabetes Prevention program has become a lifeline for many Georgians. Participants look forward to this session as a way they can connect with others at a time when they’re missing out on that social connection. It’s helping them take stock in their nutrition and health behaviors. Our program has become a source of hope and encouragement for many. They

To prepare for current and future waves of COVID-19, the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center asked teams from across the country to compete to build a telehealth prototype that would provide adequate ICU capacity when cases surge. Of the 78 teams that competed, only nine were invited to complete a series of tasks designed to establish the feasibility of their

As more health care providers adapt to telehealth to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, some are finding occasional challenges with the experience when it’s new to them. Now, some help is available in a new set of how-to videos for health care providers from UC Davis pediatric endocrinologist Stephanie Crossen. Crossen shares her expertise alongside Jennifer Raymond, pediatric

Christina Fournier, MD, Co-Director of the Emory Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Center and Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) Master in Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) graduate, worked to create a highly innovative telemedicine system for Emory ALS Center patients in partnership with Dr. Jonathan Glass and the Emory ALS Center team. These patients can now

Investigators with the Supporting Pediatric Research on Outcomes and Utilization of Telehealth (SPROUT) NCATS collaborative U01 hosted a nationwide call (March 12, 2020) in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Telehealth to discuss how both adult and pediatric telehealth is being used in response to COVID-19 nationally. Nine leading healthcare institutions presented on

Please join us at the 2019 Telehealth Research Symposium, September 11-13, 2019 in Chicago, IL. Join other connected health researchers, academicians, and telehealth visionaries for this three-day event to share findings and foster research partnerships. The event will include topics relevant in both adult and pediatric telehealth, as well as opportunities for more targeted learning. REGISTRATION