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Carol Barker on TeleHospice
In this interview by Les Morgan of Growth House, Carol Barker, RN, PhD, explains how telemedicine can be used to increase access and improve care quality for hospice clients over broad geographic areas in a cost-effective manner. In addition to use in individual patient homes, it can be used in long-term institutional settings such as nursing homes. Carol is Director of Education and Research at the Hospice of Michigan, which uses TeleHospice in both rural and urban settings. Les is an expert on the use of information systems for end-of-life care. The interview covers what TeleHospice is, costs and benefits, funding ideas, implementation strategies, and where hospice telemedicine is going.
17:24:00 November 24, 2003, Monday (PST) Source: Growth House News

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