The Arizona Telemedicine Program Blog

Learn Why Rare Cancerous Neuroendocrine Tumors are Often Misdiagnosed

By Jennifer Zuniga on Feb 10, 2017

February 28, 2017 is Rare Disease Day, and the Arizona Carcinoid & Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation, Inc. is collaborating with Banner/MD Anderson and the Arizona Telemedicine Program to present an educational event about this rare cancer.    

What’s the No. 1 Regulatory Issue Facing State Medical Boards? You Might Be Surprised . . .

By Jane Erikson on Feb 02, 2017

What would you guess is the most pressing regulatory topic facing state medical boards?

Opioid prescribing? Physician re-entry into practice? Medical marijuana?

Those are all on the list of results from a Federation of State Medical Boards survey. 

But it’s telemedicine that ranks No. 1.

Telehealth Connections: It’s Not Just About the Technology

By Nancy Rowe on Jan 19, 2017

When you hear the phrase “telehealth connections,” you probably think of the literal connection—through wires or Wi-Fi, through dedicated circuits or the internet—between the patient and the health-care provider.

But one telemedicine program is taking pains to ensure that telehealth includes a strong human connection, too.

Phoenix VA Mobile Medical Unit Provides Tele-Mental Health, Tele-Primary Care and Other Services to Rural Veterans

By Valentin O. Rivish, DNP, RN, NE-BC on Jan 05, 2017

The Phoenix Veterans Health Care System (PVAHCS) is not just providing health care from behind the walls of its main facility in downtown Phoenix. The PVAHCS has a mobile clinic – also known as a mobile medical unit (MMU) – that is being deployed to rural parts of Arizona to provide various health care services.

Phoenix VA : Electronic Daily Reminders Can Increase Home Telehealth Utilization

By Valentin O. Rivish, DNP, RN, NE-BC on Dec 15, 2016

Home telehealth programs can help patients manage chronic disease, while receiving education and daily guidance from a nurse care coordinator or other health professional.

For some reason, however, many patients in home telehealth programs do not adhere to daily check-ins.

I am the telehealth specialist and facility e-consult coordinator with the Phoenix Veterans Administration Health Care System. As part of my studies toward a doctoral degree in nursing, I have found a potential solution.

For Phoenix VA System, Virtual Medical Room is a ‘Big Success’

By Jane Erikson on Dec 01, 2016

For a lot of seniors, trying to adapt to new technology – especially when it stands between patient and physician – is stressful at best.

But the Phoenix Veterans Administration Health Care System has found a more user-friendly way to connect patients and doctors through telemedicine.

The Phoenix VA was one of the centers chosen by the National VA Telehealth Technology Office to test Virtual Medical Rooms (VMRs) to connect patients to their clinicians.

Using Telemediquette to Make Your Telemedicine Encounters Effective

By Janet Major, BS on Nov 17, 2016

Telemediquette (ˈteləˌ ˈmedəkət) noun: the art and science of developing telemedicine protocols for technology used to communicate medical information at a distance.

Medical etiquette is defined as the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other.

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