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VIDEO: Telehealth program provides weight management support to rural clinics
MINNEAPOLIS – Can telehealth help obese patients lose weight?
Weight management experts at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, sought to find out through a unique program to provide practice support to rural health care providers.
The telehealth program gives health clinics in rural South Carolina access to teams of weight management experts and support through mHealth applications linking providers and clinical faculty.
The project includes biweekly group patient sessions led by a psychologist, registered dietitian, and exercise physiologist. The program uses videoconferencing systems and a provider-focused mobile app that captures weight and blood pressure data from wireless peripherals, while allowing for manual input of data.
In a video interview at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference, Ragan Aleise DuBose-Morris, Ph.D., director of telehealth education for the Medical University of South Carolina, and Joshua Brown, Ph.D., director of clinical services at the university’s Weight Management Center, discussed the weight management initiative and its effectiveness. Dr. DuBose-Morris and Dr. Brown also explained how the initiative was designed, and how the effort has impacted the weight of obese patients in the state.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Can telehealth help obese patients lose weight?
Weight management experts at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, sought to find out through a unique program to provide practice support to rural health care providers.
The telehealth program gives health clinics in rural South Carolina access to teams of weight management experts and support through mHealth applications linking providers and clinical faculty.
The project includes biweekly group patient sessions led by a psychologist, registered dietitian, and exercise physiologist. The program uses videoconferencing systems and a provider-focused mobile app that captures weight and blood pressure data from wireless peripherals, while allowing for manual input of data.
In a video interview at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference, Ragan Aleise DuBose-Morris, Ph.D., director of telehealth education for the Medical University of South Carolina, and Joshua Brown, Ph.D., director of clinical services at the university’s Weight Management Center, discussed the weight management initiative and its effectiveness. Dr. DuBose-Morris and Dr. Brown also explained how the initiative was designed, and how the effort has impacted the weight of obese patients in the state.
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The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
MINNEAPOLIS – Can telehealth help obese patients lose weight?
Weight management experts at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, sought to find out through a unique program to provide practice support to rural health care providers.
The telehealth program gives health clinics in rural South Carolina access to teams of weight management experts and support through mHealth applications linking providers and clinical faculty.
The project includes biweekly group patient sessions led by a psychologist, registered dietitian, and exercise physiologist. The program uses videoconferencing systems and a provider-focused mobile app that captures weight and blood pressure data from wireless peripherals, while allowing for manual input of data.
In a video interview at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference, Ragan Aleise DuBose-Morris, Ph.D., director of telehealth education for the Medical University of South Carolina, and Joshua Brown, Ph.D., director of clinical services at the university’s Weight Management Center, discussed the weight management initiative and its effectiveness. Dr. DuBose-Morris and Dr. Brown also explained how the initiative was designed, and how the effort has impacted the weight of obese patients in the state.
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The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM ATA 2016
VIDEO: Building a pediatric telehealth program
MINNEAPOLIS – In 2014, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota began a pediatric telehealth program aimed at improving access to care for children living in remote areas.
A year and a half later, the health system has made significant headway toward these goals, Kristi Moline, the organization’s telehealth program manager, said at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference. The program’s telehealth services include pediatric emergency medicine consultations with outlying hospitals and virtual hematology appointments for children with rare bleeding disorders.
In this video, Ms. Moline discusses the need for the program in Minnesota and how the initiative developed. She also notes challenges the health system faced along the way and offers advice to other practices interested in starting similar telehealth programs.
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MINNEAPOLIS – In 2014, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota began a pediatric telehealth program aimed at improving access to care for children living in remote areas.
A year and a half later, the health system has made significant headway toward these goals, Kristi Moline, the organization’s telehealth program manager, said at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference. The program’s telehealth services include pediatric emergency medicine consultations with outlying hospitals and virtual hematology appointments for children with rare bleeding disorders.
In this video, Ms. Moline discusses the need for the program in Minnesota and how the initiative developed. She also notes challenges the health system faced along the way and offers advice to other practices interested in starting similar telehealth programs.
The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
On Twitter @legal_med
MINNEAPOLIS – In 2014, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota began a pediatric telehealth program aimed at improving access to care for children living in remote areas.
A year and a half later, the health system has made significant headway toward these goals, Kristi Moline, the organization’s telehealth program manager, said at the American Telemedicine Association annual conference. The program’s telehealth services include pediatric emergency medicine consultations with outlying hospitals and virtual hematology appointments for children with rare bleeding disorders.
In this video, Ms. Moline discusses the need for the program in Minnesota and how the initiative developed. She also notes challenges the health system faced along the way and offers advice to other practices interested in starting similar telehealth programs.
The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
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AT ATA 2016
