Telemedicine gives us a new option. Have a telehealth visit with your child and your pediatrician and let them play with their own toys at home.
Telemedicine Allows Your Children to Play with Their Own Toys at Home
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Telehealth Programs Bring Expert Care to Local Burn Victims
If you or a loved one has suffered a burn injury, your local hospital can quickly get help, through a TeleBurn program, to determine whether specialized care is needed. Using a secure TeleBurn app, practitioners at a local hospital can take photos of burn injuries and...
Don’t Let Unexpected Illness or Injury Ruin Your Trip This Summer
Vacation season is officially here! You and your family have had it planned for months and you are double-checking your packing list to make sure you aren’t forgetting anything. Because it’s impossible to plan for anything and everything, bring your doctor with you...
Telehealth is covered in 32 states. Why not in Pennsylvania?
In 32 states and the District of Columbia, health care services conveniently delivered via smart phones, computers, and other electronic communications are generally covered by insurers. These states, along with our nation’s capitol, have legislation that requires...
Telemedicine: Bridging the Gap for Diabetes Patients
Telemedicine is the new frontier when it comes to giving patients better access to timely health care, by eliminating many of the traditional barriers patients face, such as time, distance, money, and doctor availability. From dermology and burn care to cardiology and...
Learn How Four Telestroke Centers in Pennsylvania Work to Save Lives
In Pennsylvania, strokes are the fourth most common cause of death. Doctors say the immediate steps you take after having a stroke are crucial. A stroke occurs when there is a sudden interruption in the blood supply going to the brain. Some strokes can occur when a...
Wayne Memorial Hospital Implements Tele-neonatology For Infants
Healthy Me PA sat down with Michele Churney, RN, James Pettinato, RN, and Marybeth Dastalfo, RN, at Wayne Memorial Hospital to learn about tele-neonatology. Churney is the clinical services manager; Pettinato is the director of patient care Services; and Dastalfo is...
Telemedicine: This Isn’t the Future, It’s the Present
The concept of telemedicine use to seem like it was something out of the movies in the 1980s. No, this isn't the future. This is the present. On June 13, 2018, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 780 to expand telemedicine across the commonwealth....
Expanding access to telemedicine in PA
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf knows the benefits telemedicine can bring to thousands of Pennsylvanians living in rural communities. He recently announced he would provide $35 million to providers to expand high-speed internet access to communities in the state with...
Telemedicine is Important in the City, Too
When it comes to the pros of telemedicine, it’s easy to think of the families across the rural areas of our state who have to travel long distances to see specialists and the solutions telemedicine services provide. But people in urban areas need telemedicine for...