Home telehealth: connecting care within the community

Content: List of contributors   Foreword by Val J. Halamandaris, President and CEO, National Association for Homecare and Hospice, Washington DC, US   Preface   1. Introduction - Richard Wootton, Susan L. Dimmick, Joseph C. Kvedar   SECTION 1: BASICS   2. Outcomes - Susan G. Slater, Laurie Neander, Dottie Fazenbaker   3. Economic evaluation - Paul A. Scuffham   4. Patient and provider satisfaction - Pamela Whitten, Alicia Bergman   5. Business models and return on investment - Herschel Peddicord, Karen R. Thomas, Allyson M. Beach   6. The evidence base - Mark Bensink, David Hailey, Richard Wootton   SECTION 2: TECHNIQUES   7. Smart homes - Vincent Rialle, Pierre Rumeau, Catherine Ollivet, Christian Herve   8. Wound management - Christy M Williams, Kathy Duckett, Joseph Kvedar   9. Home telehealth for Veterans - Rita F. Kobb, Neale R. Chamber   10. Home-bound disease management - George Demiris   11. Fall monitoring - Simon Brownsell, Mark S. Hawley   12. Quarantine and isolation - Susan L. Dimmick, Kunka D. Ignatova   SECTION 3: APPLICATION AREAS   13. HIV/AIDS - Cesar Caceres, Enrique J Gomez, M. Elena Hernando, Felipe Garcia, Francisco Del-Pozo   14. Home dialysis - Veli N. Stroetmann, Michael Nebel, Simon Robinson, Karl A. Stroetmann   15. Quality of care - Barbara Johnston, Sam G. Burgiss   16. Diabetes - Justin Starren, Ruth S. Weinstock, Walter Palmas, Roberto E. Izquierdo, Philip C. Moran, David Kaufman   17. Congestive heart failure - Penny Ford-Carleton, Nancy Lugn, Nhedti Colquitt, Marcia Reissig, Irene Higginson, Joseph C. Kvedar   18. Home telehealth monitoring - Shigeru Ohta, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Yoshimitsu Shinagawa, Toshio Kishimoto   19. Home-based telecardiology - Simonetta Scalvini, Emanuela Zanelli, Amerigo Giordano   20. Child monitoring - Andrea Tura, Luca Quareni   21. Palliative care - Marilynne A. Hebert, J.J. Jansen, Lynn Whitten   22. Remote asthma monitoring - Vedran Ostojic   SECTION 4: The Future   23. Financial implications of widescale implementation of telecare - David A. Bradley, Simon Brownsell   24. Conclusion - Richard Wootton, Susan L. Dimmick, Joseph C. Kvedar   Index