Emergency Medical Telehealth through Lifebot

Bridging the gap between emergency medicine and Telehealth devices, Lifebot has become a forerunner in the integration of technology-based medical information storage that assists in the making of critical medical decisions. Lifebot, among other things, is a remote telehealth application that helps medical professionals collaborate in real-time while providing information about the patient, treatment options, counter-indications and other medical concerns in order to provide a broad range of information that best serves a patient’s healthcare decisions.

This type of technology is the next step in the push for telehealth and computer-based healthcare information that can be accessed from any hospital or medical facility in order to keep medical information up-to-date. Many of these applications are already in use by the VA and other medical organizations, especially since the accuracy of information helps to cut costs and lower the rate of malpractice lawsuits. By preventing misdiagnoses or counter-indicated treatments potentially based on undisclosed or unknown medical conditions, Lifebot and other medical informatics devices help reduce the high costs of medicine.

In addition to the benefits for medical professionals, hospitals and clinics, these same devices can help patients or loved ones better understand their choices when it comes to long- or short-term medical choices due to critical care situations as well as the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, such as cancer or diabetes.

Lifebot and other telehealth devices require not only the information and insight that a medical professional can supply, but also people who can understand both medical situations and terminology and manage it within such devices. This is especially true for Lifebot’s DREAMS technology, an enterprise that takes telehealth into the ambulance or onto the military battlefield. Through the use of cameras, the ability to transfer vital statistics of a patient to waiting triage professionals and all other medical information available on-screen, fast and informed healthcare decisions can be made that could help save lives in emergency situations. Being able to access accurate health information based on research as well as patient experience is a luxury that few doctors and medical professionals have been able to integrate within their practices or departments. With the help of these telehealth devices and Health Information Management professionals who keep the information accurate and up-to-date, the ability to treat critical situations or prolong the life expectancy of people in medical crisis is growing rapidly.

As the medical world turns to information technology to help keep research, medical records and other information catalogued and categorized to best help patients, many more telehealth applications and devices will be used in hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. Lifebot, DREAMS and the practices of informed consent are just the beginning of the technology-enabled medical world that serves to keep people healthier for longer periods of time.

Labels: Emergency Care, Health Information Management, Technology