Google “telemedicine,” and you’ll pull up any number of telemedicine vendors. The problem is figuring out which telemedicine vendor is right for you. You want to find a vendor with both the technical expertise and the feature set you need. It’s also wise to consider whether a vendor is dedicated to the healthcare…
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VSee is humbled to be a part of an effort with CEP America to bring medical expertise to Iraq Kurdistan using telemedicine. It’s especially relevant as Continue Reading…
Having an on-site medical clinic is a growing trend among large organizations, according to Fast Company. On-site clinics can not only lower employer health care costs, they’re also more convenient and accessible for workers than traditional doctor visits. With a focus on preventative care and fast turn around, it’s an great…
In July, a team of professionals from the University of Sao Paolo returned to the Amazon rainforest to support the populations of the Amazon rainforest. Led by Dr. Milton Yogi, an ophthalmic surgeon based in San Paolo, they have done this every year for the past 10 year. Dividing into…
Inmarsat, the multi-billion dollar innovative satellite company, has partnered with VSee to provide telemedicine in the world’s most difficult to reach places. VSee has used Inmarsat’s BGAN, a satellite terminal the size of a laptop, in numerous missions from Nigeria to Syria to Latin America. Inmarsat has just published a…
Hospitals are investing more than ever in telemedicine. That’s according to a new survey by the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS). Over 57 percent of respondents said they were using two-way video and webcam technology, like that provided by VSee. Read more about the survey results. Source: Conor…
updated: 1/20/2014 VSee CEO Milton Chen and VSee Director of Telehealth Becky Wai traveled to Kurdistan, Iraq this week to participate in a week-long humanitarian surgical and medical outreach trip sponsored by Operation Hope (OH), World Surgical Foundation (WSF), American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), The American Kurdish Medical Group (AKMG) and Otorhinologic Research Institute (ORI). The goal…
“I feel like Thomas Edison…we don’t know how something works, but we know 200 ways not to do something, and so far, VSee has proven to be the best tool on the field.” – Randy Roberson, Disaster Relief Specialist (Video link: VSee in Action- HELP Telemedicine in Haiti) Fifteen years ago, a…
Learn how VSee is changing health management and doctor diagnoses with online video doctor visits at the Health 2.0 Fall Conference 2013. Dr. Milton Chen will be speaking at the “The New Landscape for Digital Diagnosis & Health Management” session, Tuesday, October 1, 10:30 a.m in Grand Ballroom G at the…
When Ali Heller’s son, Julius, first started speaking, she noticed he had some trouble with stuttering. Family and friends told her not to worry about it and that he would grow out of it. However, at 3 years old, his stuttering had not gone away, moreover, it was beginning to…
HIPAA Privacy Rule protections now give you the right to restrict what health treatment information gets sent to your health plan if you’ve paid for the treatment yourself. Sounds great in theory, but are physicians and hospitals ready to put this policy into practice? Modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and…
With the updated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Final Rule going into effect starting next week, March 26, 2013, health care entities and health vendors will want to start looking into the way they manage patients’ protected health information, so they don’t get hit with a nasty fine. The final…
VSee spent last weekend showcasing its low-bandwidth secure telemedicine capabilities at the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) Symposium. The audience was amazed at VSee’s extreme low-bandwidth capabilities which used less than half the bandwidth of Skype, Vidyo, and OpenTok. They were even more excited when they saw how simply VSee integrates…
Updated: 4/14/2014 With an aging population, the anticipated explosion of Obamacare patients, and an expected shortage of doctors, telemedicine and online health care could be the innovation that will save health care. Through telemedicine, patients can have easy virtual visits with a doctor via emails, phone, video, or other devices.…
VSee HD group video chat and application-sharing software is currently used by MDLiveCare for calling doctors from the home, Parkview hospital for remote stroke care, UCSF for remote ultrasound, Stanford hospital for medical interpretation, and Kaiser Permanente for remote allergy consultation. An NIH paper published in the Journal of Telemedicine…
A big thanks to guest blogger Cyndi Laurenti for her research on how telemedicine and telesurgery are positively affecting the developing world. Cyndi recently graduated with a degree in International Relations and is interested in how public policy affects all spheres of life. She can be reached at laurenticy@gmail.com. Videoconferencing has provided…
While videoconferencing carts (H.323 standard definition) are supposed to be portable and easy to use, this isn’t necessarily the case. It becomes quite an inconvenience if the unit regularly needs to be set up in a room that is off its network, like the interpretation office of this study. The…
Maybe it’s the $4 per gallon gas prices or perhaps people are tired of traveling 6-8 hours for one 45-minute meeting. Maybe it’s the advances in networking technologies and services or the pricking of our environmental consciences. Maybe it’s because the world really is a global village today or because…
Just a short little post to follow up on the CNN article from a few posts ago and the story about VSee and telemedicine for disaster relief a few posts before that. First, there’s a new article in CNN today regarding CrisisCamp and the results of their weekend creating tools…
Radiology Consultation at Stanford Hospital One of the major applications of real-time video is delivering expertise at a distance. There are few areas where this is more important than health care. We’ve been finding that quite a few of our customers are using video in health care applications that connect doctors…
