How to save $40 billion in health care costs…
“Electronic health records (EHRs) broaden access to patient data and provide the platform for pushing evidence-based decision support to clinicians at the point-of-care. This promotes optimal care for patients, reduces medical errors, optimizes the use of labor, reduces duplication of tests, and by the way, improves patient outcomes. When done in aggregate across all health providers, a team from McKinsey estimates that $40 billion of costs... [Read More...]
Louisville Metro EMS – Nurse Teletriage: Dr. Clawson, “The time is here for this.”
EMS system to shift low-priority calls Patients will talk with nurse, may avoid ambulance, ERHoping to ease overcrowded emergency rooms and trim ambulance runs, Louisville Metro EMS is launching a program to screen low-priority 911 calls and divert some patients from hospitals to more appropriate care. Starting Monday, dispatchers will turn a small number of the lowest priority calls — such as an earache or stomachache — over to a nurse, who... [Read More...]
EHR · EMR · ePCR Decision Support Software (DSS)
The first step in building patient records is triage or teletriage. This is the start of initializing the whole process of managing electronic patient records. EHR (Electronic Health Record), EMR (Electronic Medical Record), and ePCR (electronic Patient Care Record) all need to be merged, but currently lack data interoperability or compatibility, particularly between hospital and prehospital based systems. Look to LifeBot® to be the first to fully... [Read More...]
LifeBot Introduces Armored Rack Systems for Emergency Preparedness
Instant Roll-in-Place deployment Up to 50% savings on electricity or power costs Up to 75% floor area savings 50-80% more efficient .. Green Inside outside air never mix Indoor, outdoor, or vehicular deploymentPatented closed loop cooling system Fire-Proof and Water-Proof Patented suspension eliminates shock and vibration No raised floor requirements Lost cost instant relocation or redeployment High-tech Cyber-Lock securitySPEAR is... [Read More...]
LifeBot® Signs Agreement with Plain Healthcare to Distribute Proven Teletriage Software That May Save EMS Millions
LifeBot® has signed an Agreement with Plain Healthcare to distribute the proven Teletriage software, Odyssey, that way save EMS millions. Odyssey is clinical decision support software. Odyssey is fast, user friendly, clinically thorough and safe; it also improves record keeping. Odyssey products are proven for many years to improve the efficiency of clinical resources, reduce risk and ultimately save money. It enables rapid accurate decisions... [Read More...]
LifeBot® EMS Communications and Telemedicine Workstation for Emergency Preparedness Now Available
TelePresence: Video conferencing, video recording, instant messaging and data transfers may all be performed between hospital facilities, hospital departments, and ambulances. P25 700MHz: Add wireless broadband capacity and redundancy to 700 MHz P25 deployments enabling EMS telemedicine. Ambulance Telemedicine: Fully deployable with LifeBot® prehospital ambulance based telemedicine systems. STEMI 12-lead ECG: High capacity broadband compatible... [Read More...]
Inventor discusses the future of emergency mobile telemedicine
Fierce Mobile Healthcare by Neil Versel November 24, 2009 — 2:19pm ET In our “Also Noted” section today, we mention some new telemedicine breakthroughs from medical inventor R. Lee Heath, the same person who developed the technology that underlies the automatic external defibrillator. Who is Heath and why is he someone to keep an eye on in the world of telemedicine and mobile healthcare? A recent interview in EMS Professional magazine... [Read More...]
LifeBot® Telemedicine Patent Awarded
LifeBot has received a new U.S. Patent that will provide exclusive intellectual property rights covering many new concepts for an Emergency Telemedicine based Resucitator and Life-Support System. According to Mr. Heath, Chairman and CEO, the patent claims cover many essential features that are needed for deployment of life-saving EMS and emergency telemedicine and telehealth systems that he began to expedite many years ago. Many additional new patents... [Read More...]
Most Ambulances May Use Telemedicine in the Future
Hospitals and Health Networks reports “Mobile Video Systems Link ED” by Neil Versel “Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, Washington, D.C., says residents of major metropolitan areas should expect most ambulances to have mobile video and data links within a decade.” “I think five years is more reasonable,” says Rifat Latifi, M.D., director of telemedicine for trauma and critical care at the University... [Read More...]
ems1.com – Dan White Commentary – “Stop Talking”
Dan White comments about EMS telemedicine and the opportunities for advancing quality of patient care in an article entitled, "Stop Talking" published on the site ems1.com. click here to view articleLifeBot® provides exclusive patented telemedicine and telehealth solutions and digital collaborative systems to eliminate disparate communications issues during emergencies with full interoperability. We also integrate next generation... [Read More...]
