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Health and Wellness
Communities that have broadband connectity can benefit in a number of ways by leveraging this technology for telemedicine, eHealth initiatives and better delivery of health care services and processes. Cisco Systems has produced a white paper on this topic, which provides insights into the dramatic changes and possible "health care revolution" that these new web technologies may enable - (click to read).
Another major technological trend that is on the horizon is eHealth. “eHealth” describes all those processes, products and services related to patients’ health that are available on-line. (click to read)
Health Information:
West Virginia Healthy Lifestyles Coalition - www.wvhealthy.com
Wellness Council of West virginia - www.wcwv.org
WVU Healthcare: Wellness - http://www.health.wvu.edu/news/wellness.htm
Marshall University RuralNet - http://ruralnet.marshall.edu/
W.Va. Department of Health & Human Resources - http://www.wvdhhr.org/
WebMD - www.webmd.com
National Institutes of Health - http://health.nih.gov/
Health Savings
Rx For West Virginia - www.rxforwv.org
Telemedicine:
How Technology is Being Used to Enhance the Delivery of Health Care Services
Appalachian Regional Commission
http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=2043
Marshall University RuralNet - Telemedicine Info
http://ruralnet.marshall.edu/informat/telemed.htm
American Telemedicine Association - News/Info
Telemedicine Information Exchange - http://tie.telemed.org/
General:
iHealth
Reporting the Internet's Impact on Health Care
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Health Reports
http://www.pewinternet.org/topics.asp?c=5
Hospital Compare (hospitalcompare.hhs.gov) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Web site that uses Medicare and Medicaid data to assess the track records of more than 4,000 hospitals around the country.
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