Telehealth Technology Breaking the Barrier of Geography

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Digital stethoscopes, otoscopes, home hemodialysis programs, video conferencing, electronic consults…you name it: digital healthcare technologies are being delivered to patients who would otherwise face significant challenges accessing the care they need for managing chronic conditions.

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How biometric data can be transmitted from inside a patient's home, to a physician located hundreds of miles away
To what degree telehealth services have reduced wait times for VA patients
What telehealth is like, from a patient's perspective (what's good, what can be improved, what it means to receive the majority of care electronically)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine and Clinical Director of Telehealth Services at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Dr. Archana Bandi, is an endocrinologist who cares for patients with chronic illnesses, including diabetes, chronic obesity, osteoporosis, high cholesterol, and thyroid disease—conditions she says lend themselves very well to telehealth. She discusses the importance of telehealth, emerging healthcare technology trends, and her experience with patients—one of whom (David) joins her on today's show.

"…Telehealth and video conferencing works for folks like myself who are distant from the medical centers for the VA…it affords us the opportunity to be one on one with our physician, as if we were sitting in the office right there with them," says David.

Electronic consultations (e-consults) took off in 2011 for Veteran Health Affairs, and is now an integral part of the care they provide. Beyond e-consults, they provide video clinics to patient homes, and video teleconferencing to patients in remote areas. These patients can go to their primary care office to be triaged by local nurses before being electronically connected to physicians located states away.

Technology in healthcare is closing the gap for veterans who need to access the right type of care at the right time, regardless of where they live.

Tune in for the details of all this and more.

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0:00.0	Forget frequently asked questions common sense common knowledge or Google how about advice from a real genius
0:06.8	95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified and licensed 5% go and beyond. They become very good at what they do.
0:15.1	But only 0.1% are real Jesus.
0:18.3	Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you.
0:22.4	He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field, sleep science, cancer, stem cells,
0:27.2	ketogenic diets, and more.
0:28.8	Here come the geniuses.
0:30.4	This is the Finding Genius Podcast.
0:33.0	That is Richard Jacobs.
0:35.0	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast of Archesh Bandi.
0:42.0	She's part of the University of Pittsburgh,
0:44.2	clinical director, part of Telehealth Services at the VA Pittsburgh
0:48.1	Healthcare System. We're going to talk about some of the work that she's doing and
0:51.6	she's also brought along whatever patients
0:54.0	talk about some specific outcomes that he's at so thanks for coming David thanks for
0:58.9	coming Arch and I appreciate it. Sure no problem. Yeah, Arch said tell me a little bit about yourself and your work, please.
1:05.0	So thank you for this opportunity, Rich, for Dave and I to share the work that we have done.
1:11.0	So I'm an endocrinologist by my clinical craft
1:13.9	and I take care of patients with mostly chronic diseases.
1:17.1	And as you may be aware, there's a projected shortage
1:20.0	of underchronologist across the country.
1:22.2	While the prevalence and cost of diabetes
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