White House telehealth provider also to share insights from deploying on Air Force One ORLANDO, Fla.—Feb. 11, 2019—GlobalMed® announces its Microsoft Gold Partnership as well as an innovative business model, Cost Simplified, designed to help healthcare organizations easily and affordably implement evidence-based telemedicine. The announcement coincides with HIMSS19, the largest…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.— Feb. 4, 2019 — GlobalMed, a Microsoft Gold partner and one of the first Federal Independent Software Vendors (ISV) for Microsoft, today announced the availability of its virtual care platform as a service, eNcounter®, in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use…
Telemedicine uses mobile apps, video conferencing software, wireless devices, email, and other forms of communication to improve a patient’s access to care. Because patients don’t need to leave their homes to consult with their healthcare providers, telemedicine can be useful with senior patients who have limited mobility or transportation. Today…
Telemedicine is exploding in popularity. In our mobile world, students earn degrees online and professionals work from home; now receiving data-driven medical care from a remote provider is becoming a valued standard in healthcare. However, getting started in telemedicine requires some preparation. Before providing remote medical services, you’ll need to…
Telerehabilitation, also known as e-rehabilitation, is a modern form of rehabilitation service that is delivered over the interactive devices. It can address a wide spectrum of health ailments, from minor health issues to emergency medical conditions. It can be especially beneficial to people in rural or remote areas. Usually telerehab…
Telemedicine is quickly becoming a valuable practice in the medical community, with many doctors offering virtual care services to their patients. Aside from being able to treat patients remotely, one major advantage to telemedicine is that it reduces costs and helps healthcare organizations manage capacity. Yet many providers new to…
Did you know telemedicine is the latest tool being used to combat obesity? In the United States alone, more than one third of adults and 17 percent of children are clinically obese. And the obesity crisis is getting worse; in 1999, 30.5 percent of adults and 13.9 percent of children…
Once upon a time, telemedicine was a simple remote-access physical exam. Doctors would visually examine patients and listen to their symptoms, then prescribe an antibiotic or recommend they visit an urgent care center. Luckily, we live in more sophisticated times now – and using telemedicine for mental health treatment is…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 1, 2018—Dean L. Smith, MD, MBI, joins GlobalMed as Chief Medical Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Government Relations, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Smith brings to GlobalMed nearly two decades of telehealth, medical informatics, and clinical and operational leadership experience from the U.S. Department of…
Recent trends in telemedicine have changed the way people view healthcare. Medical officers can use telecommunication to provide clinical care to patients no matter where they are; busy patients don’t have to waste time waiting at the doctor’s consultation room and remote patients no longer need to travel to distant…