This week’s AHRQ’s tool is “Rural area health.” Since Telemedicine has been a very hot topic these days.Before I read this tool I was also curious about the reason why telemedicine is so successful in US than any other country. Telemedicine is being used in many other countries, but not as successful as in US. Well the answer of my question was “Medicaid.” According to this tool, there more than 40 million people are on Medicaid and 40% are women. Since the Medicaid system is available to many Americans, so it is helping Telemedicine to become very popular in US. In many Asian countries, there is no such thing called “Medicaid or Medicare.”
The article I read for this week is “Medical equipment Program.” The most interesting thing I found in this article was about “blood pressure cuffs.” Many times we go to doctor’s office and get our blood pressure checked without realizing that the cuff can be full of bacteria, or it may not have been inspected. I never thought about it before reading this article that the little blood pressure cuff can be harmful to patients, if it was not maintained properly.
I read Charlene’s blog and her comments about “Speak Up” program launched by CMS and Joint commission. I think it very important to speak up and ask questions to caregiver about the medical treatment is being provided. Not only It will keep us updated about our health, also It will keep caregivers aware as well, and the result will be less medical error…It is that simple :)
http://www.wnmu.edu/plans/policies/VPSCA/Student%20Health/EquiptMgmtPgrm.htm
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