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LifeBot® - Connect. Communicate. Collaborate. Save Lives.(tm)
Connect. Communicate. Collaborate. Save Lives.tm
emergency preparedness and telemedicine e-newsletter
volume 2.0 number 2.0 february 2010

LifeBot® - Connect. Communicate. Collaborate. Save Lives.(tm)

leading news story:
Exclusive LifeBot® Signs Agreement with Plain Healthcare to Distribute Proven Teletriage Software That May Save EMS Millions



"The diversion of non-emergency calls to a qualified nurse will save the Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD) as much as $2.5 million annually by increasing productivity and reducing the wear-and-tear on vehicles and equipment, as well as reducing stress on personnel.", City of Philadelphia Controller Lifting the Burden on Emergency Medical Services more..

Data shows that by using Odyssey to support nurse teletriage, EMAS saved thousands of unnecessary transports... After a software investment of two years, it paid for itself within the first month of operation. The service saved over $3 million in one year., East Midlands Ambulance Service more..

"The coincidence of sophisticated software and critical mass of skilled nurses sets the scene for innovation..." St. George, Branney, Telenursing..A Revolution. Healthline more..
LifeBot® introduces Odyssey, the advanced teletriage system from Plain Healthcare. Odyssey is clinical decision support software. Odyssey is fast, user friendly, clinically thorough and safe; it also improves record keeping. Odyssey products are proven for many years to improve the efficiency of clinical resources, reduce risk and ultimately save money. It enables rapid accurate decisions in just minutes and intelligently guides encounters while enforcing standards of care.

Odyssey clinical decision support systems enable a vast synthesis of clinical knowledge relevant to the patient's needs to be available to the user instantaneously - at the simple click of a mouse.

An early report on teletriage from Dallas EMS indicated a reduction in nonemergent transports of 20-30%. Now teletriage systems are being introduced in Seattle, Richmond, and Houston. A report by the Controller of the City of Philadelphia projects savings of $2.5 million annually for city EMS services through the deployment of nurse teletriage systems. view more..
Nonemergent medical 911 calls are routed to a teletriage call center to prioritize dispatches for much increased efficiencies. Resources are redirected to true emergencies decreasing response times and significantly increasing the quality of patient care. This may significantly reduce hospital ED over-crowding and over-utilization. This may also substantially reduce the asssociated costs to engine company and law enforcement responders.



Odyssey may be custom configured to automatically track whether an encounter is "immediate", "urgent" or "no special urgency". Since the LifeBot® is the first and only EMS/ED teletriage telemedicine communications workstation that manages both teletriage and ALS calls, transitions may be elegantly managed from one powerful system, even with voice and video recording capabilities.
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"Odyssey TeleAssess, and its earlier versions, have an enviable record having been used to assess almost 10 million UK patients’ needs without a single case of litigation associated with its clinical content." Prof. J Dale, April 2008 more...

"The cost of not having telemedicine thus was estimated to average $370,000 per annum for the rural hospitals. Communities with larger hospitals (2,000 or more patient encounters per month) would be forgoing over $500,000 per year if telemedicine were not offered.", USDA Broadband Report, 08/2009 more...

"The United States economy could save $197 billion over 25 years by implementing policies that support remote monitoring and other telemedicine technologies. A failure to encourage healthcare providers to take advantage of telemedicine would cut the projected savings by almost $44 billion.", Kaufman Foundation and Brookings Institute more...

"Residents of major metropolitan areas should expect most ambulances to have mobile video and data links within a decade.", Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association more...

"I think five years is more reasonable. It should be part of our practice.", Rifat Latifi, M.D., Director of Telemedicine, University of Arizona. more...

"In order to receive the benefits of telemedicine, electronic health care records,and other healthcare benefits, health providers must have access to underlying broadband infrastructure." JAC Report to 9/11 Commission, Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman more...

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On-Tour  LifeBot® EMS and Teletriage Workstation Demonstrations

The LifeBot® Workstation Demo view more..

NextGen Broadband 'Heat' Maps view more..
Demonstrations have been launched nationally using the patented LifeBot® Workstation. LifeBot® has been touring many states with next generation broadband partners to pursue broadband and telemedicine grants. These systems qualify for DHS, UASI, SHSP, ASPR, RUS and State grants or may be rapidly deployed outright.

The LifeBot® Workstation is the first an only such system directly compatible with P25 700-800MHz digital systems. It is the only emergency multitasking system powerful enough to combine fully interoperative communications, next generation private broadband, EMS to ED telemedicine and teletriage, all in one system.
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LifeBot® ambulance based telemedicine may send to the workstation 12-lead ECG for STEMI, ePCR, Live Interactive Video and Data for performing Teletrauma and Telestroke procedures putting hospital teams or emergency professionals 'virtually' on-scene to save lives.

Unlike 3G and cellular based systems, Next Generation Private Broadband may be used to send 12-lead ECGs and ePCR data in seconds rather than minutes. Dedicated Broadband may also survive major disasters or critical events without overloading. This broadband offers high capacity bandwidth not available within P25 700-800MHz systems and adds valuable redundancy to their deployment. view more..
New Patent U.S. Issues New LifeBot® Telemedicine Patent
LifeBot® has been issued a new U.S. Patent that will provide exclusive intellectual property rights covering many new essential concepts for Emergency Telemedicine and Teletriage based Life-Support Systems. Many additional claims and patents are pending, all of which are expected to establish the company as the industry technology leader. Mr. Heath, the founder of LifeBot®, is best known as the inventor of hands-free defibrillation pads, R2-Pads or Combo-Pads. He now has more than 30 patents (originally 7 domestic and 23 foreign) issued with his name.  view more..
About Us  Our Mission Statement
LifeBot® provides exclusive patented telemedicine and telehealth solutions and digital collaborative systems to eliminate disparate communications issues during emergencies with full interoperability. We also integrate next generation broadband capabilities not inherent in todays interoperative digital radio communications so the benefits of achieving telemedicine, telehealth, and emergency preparedness objectives may all be fully realized.  

R. Lee Heath, the founder of LifeBot®, is best known as the inventor making possible the modern Automatic Heart Defibrillator (AED). He has installed and/or managed emergency life support communications and telemedicine deployments for more public safety and health care institutions than any other organization nation-wide during the last 37 years. His new and essential patented technologies, now under development for more than eight years, and life-saving systems are expected to save hospitals, emergency providers and law enforcement millions in the near future. about us..
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