Tag: ebola

Telemedicine Solutions for COVID-19 Coronavirus – Nurse Hotlines and Hospital Quarantines

If you don’t have a virtual clinic ready for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, now is the time to get one. The CDC has announced that it is “aggressively responding to the global outbreak of COVID-19 and preparing for the potential of community spread in the US.”And a key recommendation is the…

Improving Public Health And Safety Through Telehealth & Technology

  In hospitals around the world, there is a 7-10% chance for hospital staff and patients to catch an infection from other patients. As concerning as this figure is, it makes sense when you consider that hospitals attract patients with the most serious illnesses and most compromised immune systems. While the…

VSee Helps Elizabeth R. Griffith Foundation Stay on the Forefront of Zika Care

It’s been almost two years since infectious disease expert Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner first started using VSee to help stop health epidemics. Back then his team was on the ground in West Africa, fighting the Ebola outbreak. While Ebola is still a concern for them, they have also turned their attention to a…

Do-It-Yourself Telemedicine Solution for an Ebola Isolation Unit

Being on the front lines of Ebola containment is a frightening job. Protective measures include setting up check-in stations outside of the hospital, wearing heavy duty face shields and decontamination suits, duct-taping layers of gloves to sleeves, and using telemedicine technology. In fact, Nebraska Medical in the lonely Midwest has…

VSee for Ebola Contagious Disease Units

Emergency health care workers –- such as those on the front lines combating Ebola in Nigeria –- are already using VSee for Ebola treatment. This week, a number of VSee customers contacted us to set up Ebola isolation units inside their hospital. The setup is simple: just load the free…

Dr. Gavin MacGregor-Skinner Using VSee Telemedicine to Fight Ebola

The Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation is doing excellent work on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Currently, they train healthcare workers in Nigeria. They use VSee video conferencing to engage new medical recruits, for telemedicine, and for situational awareness updates in real time. Watch a…