Renal Business Today

Telemedicine

A Nephrologist at Your Fingertips

For the patients at DaVita’s Northumberland Dialysis Center in Mount Carmel, Penn., quick and easy access to a nephrologist is rarely an issue. Unexpected health troubles? Schedule changes? Inclement weather? No problem. The dialysis center nurse simply wheels over a cart ...More
November 8, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Univ. of Virginia Receives $1M Telemedicine Grant

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a nearly $1 million grant to the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth to expand telemedicine services in the mid-Atlantic states. ...More
September 12, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
CMS Finalizes Telemedicine Rule

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) it has finalized a rule for telemedicine services to ensure that patients in rural or remote areas will continue to receive medical care from many of their local hospitals. ...More
May 12, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Telemedicine: Will it Bridge the Provider Gap?

A growing patient population, a shrinking doctor pool. This is not an ideal set of circumstances, but it is reality for the dialysis industry. Could telemedicine be part of the solution? ...More
November 23, 2010 By Michelle Beaver
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
UC Davis Receives $1 million to Improve Native American Care

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—UC Davis School of Medicine researchers will train Native American communities in Northern California to develop and implement culturally appropriate interventions to improve their health by decreasing obesity and type-2 diabetes, through a $1 million ...More
August 10, 2010
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Rural Dialysis Could Get Broadband Funding From FCC

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released a $400-million plan July 15 looking to expand the use of broadband Internet connection in rural areas in order to promote telemedicine among healthcare providers, including nonprofit dialysis clinics. ...More
July 16, 2010 By Keith Chartier
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
Calif. Telemedicine Program Includes Nephrologist

San Joaquin General recently added nephrology and neurology to its menu of telemedicine offerings ...More
July 1, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management