title: Implementation of in-home telemedicine in rural kansas: answering an elderly patient's needs.
abstract: The Interactive Home Health Care Program is a demonstration project evaluating the use of in-home telemedicine to provide health care for elderly and disabled people. Local cable systems interconnect a base station staffed by a telemedicine nurse with a modified television in the home. Six months into the project, 38 patients are being cared for at three sites in rural Kansas. Individual patient profiles show improvement. Technical and social challenges appear solvable. An evaluation is in progress.
authors.affiliation: Hays Medical Center, KA 67601, USA. bbritton@mailhost.haysmed.com
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lindberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas; D008297:Male; D008331:Management Information Systems; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services; D018511:Systems Integration