MedStar Newsletter - May 2009

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Holiday Hours
• Telehealth Study Named Best Research Paper of 2008
• Support, Feedback, and Newsletter Subscription Info

HOLIDAY HOURS

Memorial Day is this month, and like most offices in the U.S., Cybernet Medical will be closed on Monday, May 25th in recognition of the holiday. Online help will be available, and our technical support number will still be accepting messages, but any support requests made that day may not be responded to until support reopens and resumes normal hours on Tuesday, May 26th.

Thanks for your patience, and enjoy the holiday!

NIH "REVISION APPLICATIONS" FOR EXPANSION OF APPROVED PROJECTS

A study on the value of post-hospital, home telehealth processes for heart failure patients (originally published in "Telemedicine and e-Health") was named best research paper of 2008 at the American Telemedicine Association’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. This is only the second study to compare telephone and videophone use to traditional care methods, while delivering a home-based heart failure intervention program.

Intervention resulted in a significantly longer time to readmission with no effect on readmission rates or mortality. The paper was published in the October 2008 issue of "Telemedicine and e-Health" and may be viewed online via PDF at:

www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/tmj.2007.0131

If you are interested in discussing how Cybernet Medical can help you implement your own telehealth program, please contact us at:

1-800-CYBERNET or e-mail sales 'at' cybernetmedical.com

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