NTAI/
VCP®
Due to the world-wide civilian and military nursing shortage, the
Nursing Telehealth Applications Initiative (NTAI) was conceptualized
and initiated. It was a 4-year effort conducted at Mount Aloysius
College and sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and
the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Research in Military Medicine
in an effort to find new ways to deliver health care and nursing
education. Through this initiative, iTelehealth partnered with DoD
to research feasibility, and ultimately pilot the Virtual Clinical
Practicum®, a program to provide clinical education to nursing
students at a distance. This ground-breaking research has shown
the VCP® to be a viable option to address some of the issues
in military nursing education. The result is a new process in which
clinical nursing education is delivered, providing increased access
to education for many.
Please visit our VCP® site for more
information.
Telemedicine-Based Burn Research Initiative: Longitudinal
Outcomes of Patients
The Telemedicine-Based Burn Research Initiative provided telemedicine
technology to researchers and discharged burn patients as a research
tool and data collection strategy to support an ongoing study investigating
the telemedicine technology and the long-term outcomes of burn patients
treated at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR).
The ultimate goal in this partnership with The Geneva Foundation
and USAISR was that the longitudinal study would provide the foundation
for an outcomes-based rehabilitation program for burn survivors
treated in the USAISR, with telemedicine technology to support the
program.
Click
here to read the executive summary of this research report.
Telenursing
for Remote Cardiac Rehab
This significant qualitative research effort evaluated the feasibility
and outcomes of a remote, home-based cardiac rehabilitation program
for post-surgery Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) patients using
current telehealth technologies to conduct follow up visits rather
than usual in-person nurse visits. This innovative program was conducted
at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and consisted of a new
way of delivering health care to these post-op patients, and yielded
positive results overall.
Read
more about the Telenursing for Remote Cardiac Rehab Initiative
UNISYS MEHR
iTeleHealth partnered with UNISYS, a worldwide information technology
consulting services and solutions company, and the Department of
Defense (DoD), to research mobile electronic health records (MEHR)
within DoD. Part of the research included conducting online surveys
to determine users' opinions of specific technologies and mobile
devices. Users tested devices and gave opinions of the usefulness
in healthcare settings.
Click here
for more information on this endeavor.
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