Nasjonalt senter for samhandling og telemedisin NyheterNasjonalt senter for samhandling og telemedisin Nyheterhttp://www.telemed.no/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyTue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:47 +0200 After five days at "Sustain and Scale", a WHO workshop in Tromsø on telemedicine and eHealth, the participants were full of determination and enthusiasm. One of them was Fassil from Ethiopia, who went home to devote an intensive effort to mobile eHealth services. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:52:47 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/full-of-energy-after-workshop.4802497.html http://www.telemed.no/full-of-energy-after-workshop.4802497.html NST will act as an Ambassador Platform for the Integrated Application Promotions (IAP) Programme of ESA (European Space Agency). Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:16:04 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/nst-has-become-an-iap-ambassador-platform-ap-for-telemedicine-and-e-health.4797822.html http://www.telemed.no/nst-has-become-an-iap-ambassador-platform-ap-for-telemedicine-and-e-health.4797822.html Through the EU-project "Competitive Health Services", the dialysis departments at Inverness and Wick are now connected by telemedicine. The increasing number of patients with kidney problems can now be spared the 200 mile round trip for every treatment. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:52:12 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/scottish-dialysis-goes-online.4777141.html http://www.telemed.no/scottish-dialysis-goes-online.4777141.html A new study shows that web consultations with eczema patients take less time for dermatologists than patients' visits to the doctor's office. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:58:41 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/web-consultation-saves-time-for-doctors.4774509.html http://www.telemed.no/web-consultation-saves-time-for-doctors.4774509.html A PhD project at the NST has resulted in the development of a new self-help system for diabetes, based on a mobile telephone, blood glucose meter, and step counter. "We would never have succeeded in this without dedicated users," says researcher Eirik Årsand. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:51:29 +0100 http://www.telemed.no/breakthrough-for-diabetes-self-help.4721284.html http://www.telemed.no/breakthrough-for-diabetes-self-help.4721284.html Why haven't we succeded in building and maintaining large-scale telemedicine services? That is the main research issue that Richard Wootton intends to address as head of research at the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:35:30 +0100 http://www.telemed.no/new-nst-research-leader-wants-to-solve-quotthe-big-questionquot.4665040.html http://www.telemed.no/new-nst-research-leader-wants-to-solve-quotthe-big-questionquot.4665040.html Developers from Tromsø in Norway can become key actors when people in Tanzania, Malawi and Cambodia need prosthesis and other orthopaedic tools. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:04:36 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/aiding-the-worldacutes-disabled-online.4644164.html http://www.telemed.no/aiding-the-worldacutes-disabled-online.4644164.html Across the world, researchers are working hard to build technological systems to help people with diabetes regulate their blood glucose more efficiently. The key factors to do this successfully is to include mobility and wireless transfer of data... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:31:32 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/diabetes-systems-wireless-mobility-wins.4640283.html http://www.telemed.no/diabetes-systems-wireless-mobility-wins.4640283.html André Serra Dias from Portugal is doing important research on the relationship between activity levels and how much people are affected by chronic diseases. But the collection of data is hampered by unsuitable sensors... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:04:12 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/sensors-not-good-enough.4615750.html http://www.telemed.no/sensors-not-good-enough.4615750.html "The way we think of health information systems will be changing dramatically during the next few years", says Per Hasvold at Tromsø Telemedicine Laboratory. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:19 +0200 http://www.telemed.no/everything-goes-to-the-cloud-even-your-health-.4612297.html http://www.telemed.no/everything-goes-to-the-cloud-even-your-health-.4612297.html