Telemedicine 101

Telemedicine Technology and Telecommunications Articles

1. Negotiating Service Level Agreements

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
   Date: January/February, 2004
   How to get what you want from a service level agreements for telecommunications services.

2. PDAs: Making Rounds With Handheld Technology

   Subject: technology
   Author: Glenn W. Wachter
   Date: November/December, 2003
   The advantages and disadvantages of physicians' use of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology.

3. Wi-Fi: What It Is and What It Isn't

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
   Date: May/June 2003
   An overview of what exactly Wi-Fi is and what can it do for a medical enterprise.

4. Is Your Telehealth Network Secure?

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Ellie Friedman MS MIM
   Date: March/April 2003
   On overview of firewalls, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technologies as a basis for other products and services, particularly for offices that have remote workers and that have, or are thinking about, implementing virtual private networks (VPNs).

5. Hospitals Unplugged: The Wireless Revolution Reaches Healthcare

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Glenn W. Wachter
   Date: March 30, 2001
   The advantages and disadvantages of physicians' use of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology.

6. Telecommunication, Linking Providers and Patients

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Glenn W. Wachter
   Date: June 30, 2000
   This article scratches the surface of telecommunication terminology and concepts, introducing several key ideas.

7. Telecommunications and Universal Service

   Subject: telecommunications
   Author: Glenn W. Wachter
   Date: November 11, 1999
   The Telecommunications Act of 1996 created a mechanism of discounts to encourage the use of higher bandwidth and the Internet.