Browsing by Author "Jethwani, Kamal"
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Assessing Hospital Readmission Risk Factors in Heart Failure Patients Enrolled in a Telemonitoring Program
Ronquillo, Jeremiah G.; Nieves, Regina; Chueh, Henry C.; Kvedar, Joseph C.; Jethwani, Kamal (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)The purpose of this study was to validate a previously developed heart failure readmission predictive algorithm based on psychosocial factors, develop a new model based on patient-reported symptoms from a telemonitoring ... -
The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World
Linton, Deborah A.; Bello, Heather E.; Senelly, Marco; Milik, Mariola T.; Baim, Margaret A.; Hoch, Daniel B.; Watson, Alice Joan; Jethwani, Kamal Shanker; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Benson, Herbert; Kvedar, Joseph Charles (Public Library of Science, 2012)Introduction: Mind-body medical approaches may ameliorate chronic disease. Stress reduction is particularly helpful, but face-to-face delivery systems cannot reach all those who might benefit. An online, 3-dimensional ... -
Feasibility of a Clearing House for Improved Cooperation Between Telemedicine Networks Delivering Humanitarian Services: Acceptability to Network Coordinators
Wootton, Richard; Bonnardot, Laurent; Geissbuhler, Antoine; Jethwani, Kamal Shanker; Kovarik, Carrie; McGoey, Suzanne; Person, Donald A.; Vladzymyrskyy, Anton; Zolfo, Maria (Co-Action Publishing, 2012)Background: Telemedicine networks, which deliver humanitarian services, sometimes need to share expertise to find particular experts in other networks. It has been suggested that a mechanism for sharing expertise between ... -
Telemedical Education: Training Digital Natives in Telemedicine
Pathipati, Akhilesh S; Azad, Tej D; Jethwani, Kamal Shanker (JMIR Publications Inc., 2016)Telemedicine plays an important role in the delivery of medical care, and will become increasingly prominent going forward. Current medical students are among the first generation of “digital natives” who are well-versed ... -
Text to Move: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text-Messaging Program to Improve Physical Activity Behaviors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Agboola, Stephen O; Jethwani, Kamal Shanker; Lopez, Lenny; Searl, Meghan M.; O’Keefe, Sandra; Kvedar, Joseph Charles (JMIR Publications Inc., 2016)Background: Text messages are increasingly being used because of the low cost and the ubiquitous nature of mobile phones to engage patients in self-care behaviors. Self-care is particularly important in achieving treatment ...