Authors: Mark VanderWerf, FATA; Jordan Berg; Doris Barta, MHA; Lori Balch; Ronald Poropatich, MD, MS; Carl Taylor, JD; Yulun Wang, PhD; Rene Quashie, JD; Laurie Orlov; David Balch, MA; Jonathan Linkous, MPA Healthcare is in a period of profound change. These changes are driven by technology, staff shortages, the need for improved outcomes, equitable […]
Selecting the “best” of any imaging device for a telehealth program can be a balancing act between adequate image quality, ease of use, and acceptable price. Given that some of the cheapest otoscopes may cost 40 times less than their most expensive counterparts, it is more important than ever to spend the time and effort […]
This document is intended to be used as a guide through the telehealth technology assessment process for video otoscopes. While this is related to the TTAC video otoscope toolkit assessment, parts of this can be adapted to any telehealth technology assessment. This document takes the reader from start to finish thorough the process that the […]
The TTAC has compiled information from manufacturers’ websites, included manuals, and our own observations and measurements of products. Click the link to be taken to any of the product summaries available on this page: Dino-lite Hi-Res Firefly DE500 Firefly DE550 Firefly DE1250 Horus + Horus 3 MCAMHD MedRx Redfin R3800 Total Exam 3.2 Total Exam […]
The “About This Technology” section aims to bring our readers up to speed on the concepts and terms behind modern video otoscope technology. Additionally, this section looks at what it takes to get this technology past the assessment phase and into the hands of clinicians, with a discussion on planning to deploy and support this […]
Accessible technologies like USB have made otoscope peripherals more accessible, affordable, and easier to integrate into telemedicine programs. This toolkit looks at the diverse innovations in video otoscopes, and contains our assessment data from several recent models. About This Technology – This section provides general information on video otoscopes, including a Technology Overview that walks through […]
This document examines eleven critical areas of need for healthcare delivery when operating in, and responding to, a pandemic. It is based on the experience of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of public health, epidemiology, providers, hospital executive management, nursing, regulatory/policy, technology, and specifically telemedicine. The intent is to provide a Pandemic Technology […]
As one of the deliverables of the COVID-19 Telehealth Resource Center’s funding for projects associated with response to COVID 19, the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Center (TTAC) developed a Pandemic Response Project Team or “Think Tank” to create an Action Plan to support rural and urban communities in a return or continuation of COVID-19 – […]
“Provide care at home, create the ability to rotate patients out of the hospital to make room for monitoring more critical cases” The need for continuity of care remains during a pandemic and the need to provide this care is essential. As stated in 6 above, the COVID-19 pandemic experience is showing significant impacts of […]
The best way to protect personnel from contagions in the hospital and prevent them from introducing infection into the hospital is to have staff work from home. The COVID-19 experience has demonstrated that most administrative and management tasks in healthcare and other industries can be, and are being, successfully completed from home (tele-commuting). Most of […]
