Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
$19 Billion tagged for Healthcare IT in U.S. Stimulus Package
Just read an article about the $$ tagged for healthcare IT and wondering how much will trickle down to telehealth, and particularly behavioral telehealth, telepsychiatry and online therapy? Check out the full article here: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/healthcare-it-slated-19b-proposed-stimulus-package Most of the money appears to be tagged for healthcare records management and not for healthcare delivery…
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Mainstream Healthcare Goes Virtual in Second Life!
The Fall 2008 issue of Telehealth World Magazine features an article about Second Life. The article, written by DeeAnna Merz Nagel is entitled Health Education & Intervention In a Virtual World and summarizes several health related education and intervention locations within Second Life including IBM and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The article takes a look at how conventional organizations and businesses are bringing mainstream health care to 3D virtual reality. The full article can be found here on page 8:
http://www.telehealthworld.com/images/TeleHealthFallEzine.pdf