Home Telehealth: Connecting Care within the Community [Hardcover]

Richard Wootton (Author), Susan L. Dimmick (Author), Joseph C. Kvedar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1853156574 | ISBN-13: 978-1853156571 | Edition: 1

Home Telehealth, the newest addition to the RSM Press telemedicine series, describes the medical treatments that can now take place in the home thanks to advances in telemedicine technology. As demand on hospitals increases, as well as concern about the secondary infections that can be contracted during visits, health experts and government advisors are looking at ways in which the long term sick, as well as acute patients, can be treated in alternate settings. This book covers what has been done to date, as well as practical guides to setting up a suitable home care facility and how this facility interacts with the health professional. Fully illustrated with colour images, and jam packed full of up to date information covering all the latest developments in telemedicine in the home, this book is an indispensable guide for all home telehealth providers, physicians, nurses, physical therapists and anyone contemplating a home telehealth application.

Editorial Reviews

Review

5 Stars: Describes the state of the art reached in this emerging fieldAn interesting book that greatly achieves in drawing a picture of the 'state of the art' that has been reached today internationally. This level is reflected in best practice case studies taken from successful projects. I liked the way this book helps to identify key criteria and critical factors specific to a Home Telehealth project view. It actually fosters the understanding necessary for undertaking successful implementation and operation of Home Telehealth services. The book appeals by its systematic and logical structure. All the contributions are kept in a rather non-technical language. A book that appears to be primarily targeted at health care professionals, project managers and decision makers, but also accessible to non-specialists interested in the 'Home Telehealth' subject. This edited resource helps to understand to which frontiers the conventional 'one-to-one' care delivery chains need to evolve. This is in my view an important milestone book on the healthcare industry's route to medium and long term achievement of full scale 'Home Telehealth' modalities. -- Amazon customer review, Nov 06

About the Author

Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Susan L Dimmick Office of Community Affairs, University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, Tennessee, US Joseph C Kvedar Partners Telemedicine and Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, US

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 1 edition (April 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853156574
• ISBN-13: 978-1853156571
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,719,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)