What if you could read the exact blood sugar levels of your
patients with diabetes right now, send this information to your care staff and
alert your patients about their high glucose levels even if they’re 100 miles
away—all with the help of a touch screen? Sound like futuristic fanfiction?
Think again. This is telemedicine and a key component of
patient care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson,
Miss., one of four team-based practices featured in a new PBS documentary, Rx:
The Quiet Revolution.
Created by 10-time Emmy Award winner David Grubin, the
AMA-sponsored film showcases physicians and care teams across the nation who are
changing how people receive medical care by lowering costs and making patients
the central focus of their practices.
For Kristi Henderson, chief
telehealth and innovation officer at UMMC, this entailed creating strategic
technology to help physicians overcome barriers and better partner with
patients to improve health outcomes.Website: http://www.arjonline.org/medicine-and-health-care/american-research-journal-of-medicine-and-surgery/
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