title: The potential of a store and forward tele-behavioral platform for effective treatment and research of autism.
abstract: This paper describes the justification and the design principles of a behavioral medicine store & forward telemedicine platform to facilitate the capturing and communication of spontaneous patient behaviors for the improved evaluation, diagnosis and ongoing treatment of people with autism. This Tele-Behavioral Health platform will allow families and other caregivers to readily capture spontaneous patient behaviors for subsequent evaluation by appropriate medical specialists. A unique feature of the system is its capability to archive and index the data for access as well as comparison over time by clinicians and other researchers. Such a system may serve as a precursor to further advances in other health information technology applications leading to more effective treatment and a better understanding of this disability.
authors.affiliation: e-Merge Medical Technologies, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oberleitner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laxminarayan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bradstreet