Although our high quality and high encryption levels demand more horsepower than is available on most tablets, Secure Telehealth runs perfectly on the Asus EP121 Windows Slate tablet, pictured here.

This tablet, with a 12" screen, is available at amazon.com for $1,080 here.  It has a built-in webcam and microphone, and a fast enough Intel dual-core processor to run our software at about 20% capacity.  It weighs 2.5 pounds and will run our software on battery power for 2.5 hours between charges.

If you have tried Apple's FaceTime product, you will be delighted to know that our image quality and audio quality are much better!

HIPAA still requires us to safeguard the physical surroundings of the "workstation" that provides access to protected health information.  Physicians must respect patient privacy  while engaged in telehealth sessions regardless of the hardware used.

Physicians must consider other factors before conducting telehealth sessions from a tablet:  For example, the WiFi signal must be strong wherever the tablet is used for telehealth.  Also, some means for note-taking during telehealth sessions must be available.

Apple's iPad is not supported yet.  Our target date for the iPad 2 is late summer, 2012.

Please contact Jim Mountain at Secure Telehealth for more information.

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"I’m particularly intrigued with the modern telemedicine technologies. The more I look at them, the more promise they seem to have in being able to innovate in that space. It would help all the patients we want to help."

DONALD BERWICK

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

February 1, 2011 at the Brookings Institute

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 "Face-to-face video chats with her Doctor"

Listen here as President Obama shares his vision for expanding high speed wireless Internet access to rural areas so 98% of Americans will have access to "the digital age".  One of the benefits he mentions to justify this effort is the ability of a "patient to have face-to-face video chats with her doctor".

Thanks for the "shout-out" for telehealth, Mr. President!

This chart created by David Lloyd shows the harm caused by delaying appointments to see the Doctor.  Cancellations and No-shows increase by 10% for every seven days delay. 

Secure Telehealth suggests using telehealth as a service delivery method to reduce delays.