Tracks
Pre-Meeting Cert. Courses
Roundtables
Concurrent Sessions
Cont. Education Credits
Poster Presentations
Peer Review Committee

Concurrent Panels                                                        
 
Home Telehealth for Diabetes Management 

• Analyzing National Long Term Care and CMS Billing Data to Assess the Use of Telehealth for Diabetes and CHF
• Review of Telemedicine Applications in Diabetes Disease Management
• Computer-Assisted Decision Support for Primary Care of Diabetes Patients

Telehospice Case Studies  

• A Missouri-based Study to Test the Usefulness of Videophones in Telehospice
• A Telehospice Study in Michigan to Improve Services and Reduce Caregiver Anxiety

Telerehabilitation in the Home                                                                                        
Using Telerehabilitation to Assess and Select Appropriate Wheelchairs
Telerehabilitation for High Risk Patients at Home
Integrating Cardiopulmonary Monitoring into Home Telerehabilitation Services

Home Telehealth for Managing Congestive Heart Failure 

• Telehealth Home Exercise/Disease Management for Heart Failure: A Pilot Study
• St. Vincent’s Telehome Health Outcomes for HF Patients

Home Telehealth Applications 

• Providing Enhanced Wound Care Management via Telemedicine
• Comparing In-Person vs Webcamera-Based Physician-Patient Visits
• Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurements Transmitted through a Telemedicine System
• Changes in Perception by Users of Home Telehealth

Using the Internet for Diabetes Management 

• Monitoring Inner City Women with Gestational Diabetes via the Internet
• An Internet-Based Program for Managing Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Patient Satisfaction with Internet-Based Diabetes Management in Native American Communities

Managing Home Telehealth Programs  

• Optimum Design of Remote Patient Monitoring Systems in the United Kingdom
• Developing Sustainment Models for Home Telehealth
• Case Study: Developing a Community Telehealth Network to Reduce Health Disparities in North Carolina
• Case Study: Forming Partnerships for Home Telehealth in Pennsylvania

Roundtables

• Commercially Available Videophones for the Patient’s Home
• Hospitalized Neonates and Distant Mothers: The Impact of Real-Time Telemedicine
• Videophone Delivered Voice Therapy: Comparing Outcomes with Traditional Delivery
• Telehealth Applications in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology
• Telerehabilitation Preparedness Planning for a Global Pandemic
• Human Factor Considerations for Telerehabilitation Systems

Concurrent Panels

Building A Statewide Program

• Arkansas Telehealth Network
• Virginia Telemedicine Network
• Vermont’s Network to Support Rural Trauma and Critical Care

Legal and Financial Issues Facing Telemedicine

• Licensure Portability Initiatives in Nursing
• National Telehealth Resource Center on Legal & Regulatory Issues

Federal Program Reports

• Current Issues and Changes in the Federal Universal Service Support Program for Rural Health Care
• The Impact of New OMB Performance Evaluation Requirements on Federal Telehealth Programs

Research and Evaluation of Telehealth Programs                                                        

• The Role of Research and Evaluation in Telehealth Programs
• A Systematic Review of Research Methodology in Telemedicine Studies

Paying for Telemedicine Services 

• An Employer-Paid Program for Uninsured Employees
• Translating Medicaid Policy into Practice in Kansas
• Private Payer Reimbursement for Telemedicine
• A Business Model for Using Telemedicine in Private Family Practice

Telemedicine Programs: Case Studies  

• A Municipally-Funded Telemedicine Clinic Based on Patient Pay in Galveston, Texas
• Expanding Services of a Rural School Based Telemedicine Clinic in Hart, Texas
• Assessing the Use of Store-and-Forward Telehealth in Alaska

Perspectives on Integrating Telemedicine and Telehealth and Electronic Health Records

• The Role of Provider Perceptions in Deploying an Electronic Medical Record at Michigan State University
• Case Study: Telehealth and Electronic Medical Record in Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Case Study: Telehealth and Electronic Medical Record in Toronto, Canada
• Implementation of a Personal Health Record System in Telerehabilitation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Telemedicine Operations: Recent Research

• Linking Telehealth Strategies to Evidence Based Practice
• An Assessment of Time and Outcome Data of Telehealth Providers in Alaska
• Patient Travel Patterns in Three Healthcare Markets - Documenting the Need for Telemedicine

Innovations in Distance Learning 

• A Large-Scale Virtual Gaming Environment for Emergency Preparedness Training
• Japanese Web-based Training System for Medical Education in Cardiology for Developing Nations
• Using Multimedia Training to Bridge the “Digital Divide” in Rural Areas
• Delivery of Medical Education and Consultation to Physicians in Iraq

Roundtables

• Telemedicine Program Sustainability: The California Telemedicine and eHealth Center
• Medical and Financial Outcomes Case Report: Telemedicine vs. Traditional Medical Care
• Adopting Project Management Methodology for Telemedicine Research: Lessons Learned
• Change Management in Telehealth, Examples from Canada
• A Success Factor for Program Sustainability: Georgia Telemedicine Program
• Business Plan to Horizontally Integrate Telehealth Services in a Major Health System in Kansas City
• Educating Educators:  A Telemental Health Resource for Training School Professionals
• Examining Legal & Regulatory Issues in Telehealth
• Legislative Year in Review: What Happened in the 109th Congress & What is Likely to Happen in the 110th Congress?
• Linking Public Education and Health Care with a Telehealth Program

Concurrent Panels

Using Technology for Telemedicine Programs

• Technical Innovation in Canada’s Largest Telemedicine Network
• Managing a Texas-Based Telemedicine Program from North Carolina
• Using Multiple Technologies to Build an Interagency Community of Practice in North Carolina

Desk-Top Tools 

• Visualization and Display Tools Improve Patient Data Review
• Evaluation of a Desktop-sharing Program for Healthcare Educational Videoconferences
• Computer-Assisted Diagnostics for Dermatopathology

Remote Patient Tracking Technology 

• Using RFID Technology for Tracking Patients, Medications and in Other Medical Applications
• A Trauma Patient Tracking System for Mass Casualties and Disasters

Medical Sensor Technologies 

• Non-Invasive Medical Sensor System (NIMS) for Physiological Monitoring and Combat Casualty Care
• Anomalous Activity Detection for Early Warning Biosurveillance Systems

Medical Technology Innovations 

• A “Smart” Gait Training System Using Over-Ground Body-Weight Support
• Recent Robotics & Telerobotics Research for Army Combat Casualty Care
• Automated Casualty Extraction Using a Prototype Robotic Vehicle
• Feasibility of Wireless Graphic Data Streaming and Visual Trending Tested in NASA Telemedicine Simulation

Network Design & Management

• Multimedia Telemedical Transmission System Using Flexible Architecture with Robust Performance
• Designing and Implementing a High Quality Media Distribution Network
• Wide Area Network Management for Telehealth
• Multi-View Video Synthesis for Secure and Synchronous Internet Transmission

Technology Innovations for Clinical Applications 

• A Rural Broadband Wi-Fi Network to Provide Diabetes Services in Arizona
• Continua Health Alliance: Applying Standards for Personal Remote Monitoring
• Using Technology to Establish Nationwide ECG Coverage in Chile
• Case Study: Using Technology for Ultrasound Images in Brazil

Roundtables

• Telemedicine Network Reliability in the Age of Telecommunications Consolidation & Deregulation

Concurrent Panels

New Applications for Telepathology

• Cognitive Factors Affecting Telepathology Acceptance and Practice Integration
• Novel Whole Slide Image User-Interface Designed for Anatomic Pathology Workflow
• Virtual Telepathology Technology for Training Pathology Residents

Remote Robotics and Simulations - Session 1

• Human Patient Simulation Training Improves Tele-Trauma Team Performance
• Remote Mobile Robotic Technology to Manage Acute Strokes in the Emergency Room

Human Factors Applications for Distance Medical Education

• An Online Tool Improves Patient Education and Motivation in Management of Chronic Diseases in Spain
• Comparing Onsite, Online and Simulation Approaches to Accelerate Radiologist Training and Certification

Assessing Internet Tools for Cardiac Patients

• Comparing Outcomes for Web-Managed Congestive Heart Failure Patients in Kansas City
• Assessing the Use of the Internet to Manage CVD Risk Factors for Inner City Patients in Philadelphia

Remote Robotics and Simulations - Session 2

• A Robotic Cauterization System for Trauma Care and Disaster Response
• Remotely Controlled Manipulators for Life Support Trauma and Transport Units
• The Trauma Pod: A Complete, Remotely-Operated Surgery System

Gaining Clinician Acceptance of Telemedicine and Related Services

• Improving Physician Adoption of Online Management for Hypertension
• Improving Physician-to-Physician Communications Using New Online Communication Tools in Argentina
• Understanding the Referring Clinician’s Decision to Use Telemedicine

Innovations in Remote Pediatric Care 

• Proactive Disease Management in the 21st Century
• Neonatal Tele-Echocardiography in the NICU

Remote Medical Imaging 

• Comparing Outcomes in the Use of Monochrome vs. Color Monitor Displays for Teleradiology
• Case Study Results for Remote Ultrasound Technology

Telenursing 

• Providing e-Mentoring for Health Professionals in Australia
• Advanced Practice Nursing Facilitators in the Telemedicine Consultation Process

Assessments of Teleoncology Services  

• A Cost Analysis of Practicing Oncology via Telemedicine
• Management and Treatment Compliance of Remote Transplant Patients in Canada
• Desktop Videoconferencing to Provide Smoking Cessation Intervention in Kansas
• Providing Collaborative Multi-Specialty Cancer Care in a Three State Region

Human Factors: New Findings for Telemedicine 

• Using Telemedicine to Increase Self-Management of Hypertension
• Differences in Diagnosis and Treatment by the Type of Consultant Using Telemedicine
• Implications of Newly Released National Health Literacy Data for Telemedicine
• Costs, Benefits and Provider Job Satisfaction with Telepsychiatry

Ocular Telehealth - New Research Findings 

• Ophthalmic Simulation for Medical Training
• Impact of Field Selection in Nonmydriatic Retinal Imaging for Diabetic Retinopathy
• The Effect of Image Resolution and Display Mode on Visibility of Diabetic Retinopathy Microaneurysms
• Evaluation of JPEG and JPEG 2000 Image Compression on the Fidelity of Telemedicine Digital Retinal Imagery

Telesurgery 

• Latest Developments in Telesurgery
• Telemedicine Used for Surgical Follow-Up of Pakistan Earthquake Victims
• Teleconsultation System Using a Web-based Surgical Medical Record
  
• Cost Analysis of Tele-Neurosurgery

Pediatric Telemental Health      

• Telehealth Intervention for Youth Depression in a School Based Program in Kansas
• The Vermont Child Telepsychiatry Program:  Teaching, Patient Care and Research
• Implementing National ADHD Guidelines in Telemedicine: Trainee Perceptions
• Evaluation of the Pediatric Behavioral Telehealth Clinic

Managing an Ocular Telehealth Program 

• Factors Influencing the Use of Telemedicine for the Assessment of Diabetic Retinopathy
• Implementation and Acceptance of Teleophthalmology for Retinal Screening in Clinics
• Integration of Ocular Telemedicine in a Community Health Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Case Study: Mobile Retinal Screening in Marshfield, Wisconsin

Telemental Health 

• Screening for Depression with Home Monitoring Technology
• Cross Cultural Store and Forward Telepsychiatry
• Telemental Health Programs Serving American Indian Veterans
• Increasing Access to Evidence-Based Mental Health Services through Technology

Roundtables

• Physician Job Satisfaction in the Telemedicine Environment
• The Human Element: A Neglected Factor, Research from Canada
• Three Primary Care Approaches to ADHD Treatment Using Telemedicine
• Regional Evaluation of Telemedicine Use and Availability for Clinical Genetic Services
• An Innovative Approach to Mobile Teleophthalmology for Rural Populations in India

Special Forums

Ocular Telehealth across International Borders:  Challenges and Successes

• Ocular Telehealth Programs Providing Care across International Borders
• Clinical, Administrative, and Socio-political Components of International Teleophthalmology
• International Teleophthalmology - ORBIS Telemedicine, Cyber-Sight

Human Factors Research Forum

• Cross-SIG Dialogue on Telemedicine Research Issues
• Identification of Collaborative Telemedicine Research Initiatives and Priorities

Concurrent Panels

Remote ICUs

• Using Telemedicine to Support Rural Intensive Care Unit Patients
• Using Remote Critical Care Units in Australia

Emergency Telemental Health   

• Emergency Management Guidelines for Telepsychiatry
• Mental Health in Disaster Response – The Katrina Effect
• Telemental Health in the Emergency Room
• Providing Psychiatric Surge Capacity in Disasters

Emergency Trauma Applications  

• Integrating Technology, Information and Communications for Victims of Antipersonal Mines in Columbia
• Provider Acceptance of a Remote Trauma Consultation Network
• Onsite Intensive Care Using Rapid Telemedicine Response in Disasters in Pakistan
• Factors to Improve Utilization of a Teletrauma Network

Telecommunications for Mobile and Disaster Management 

• Rapid Deployable Video Distribution System for Real-Time Disaster Management
• Mobile Wireless Video Transfer System for Disaster Management
• A Rigorous Technical Framework for Mobile Telehelath Communications
• IT and Telecom Department on Wheels: A Mobile Communications Platform

New Techniques for Remote Critical Care  

• Integration of Cross-Cultural Healing Practices with Modern Technology between the US and Ecuador
• A Broadband Telemedicine Application for Critical Care in Australia
• Telemedicine in Rural Pediatric Critical Care in Vermont
• Remote Pre and Post Operative Evaluations of Elective Surgical Patients in Pakistan

Roundtables

• Interactive Telemedicine Triage System and Its Applications for NICU Patients

Concurrent Panels

Cross Border Pediatric Telemedicine

• A Multi-National Pediatric Practice – Driscoll Children’s Hospital
• A Multi-National Pediatric Practice – National Children’s Center, Washington, DC
• Tele-Education in North Africa:  US-Morocco Partnership for Children’s Health

Telemedicine in India: The Role of the Indian Space Research Organization

• Development and Implementation of a National Telemedicine/E-Health Grid
• Using Telemedicine to Help Transform a National Healthcare Delivery System

Telemedicine Applications in Developing Nations 

• Issues Affecting the Deployment of Telemedicine in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Developing a Nationwide Telemedicine Program in Afghanistan
• Using Satellite-Based Telemedicine for Earthquake Response in Pakistan
• A Cell Phone Based Telemedicine Network in Vietnam

Cross-Border Telemedicine Programs 

• Teleconsultation in Peru for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
• Pacific Island Health Care Project - The First 15 Years
• Building an International Telehealth Program: Overcoming Internal and External Barriers
• Cross-Cultural Approach to Using Telemedicine for Epidemic Diabetes in Developing Nations

Roundtables

• Telemedicine In KwaZulu-Natal – A Microcosm of the Problems of Africa
• Social and Economic Impact of Telemedicine in the Russian Federation
• A Paperless Office: Myth or Reality? An Example from Argentina
• A Systematic Structured Methodology for the Design and Implementation of Telemedicine Systems in the United Kingdom

Telemedicine product and service providers discuss how they worked with customers to develop solutions that successfully met their needs, what the benefits were, why telemedicine technology was an appropriate solution, how it was used and the outcome.