Projects
Since its inception in 2006, the BC Alliance on Telehealth Policy and Research has taken on various projects and initiatives to further the uptake and understanding of telehealth use in BC. Below is a list of current and completed projects undertaken by the team.
Current Projects
- Healing Circles
Connecting women with heart disease via a social networking application - Stroke Coach
- Coaching via telephone to promote chronic disease management after stroke
- Txt2Prevent
- Providing support via text messaging to patients with cardiovascular disease
- MyHealthConnect - Oncology
- Online support for cancer patients following treatment
- Internet-based Chronic Disease Management (iCDM) using MyHealthConnect
- An online symptom-management program for patients living with multiple chronic diseases
- Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Program (vCRP)
- A cardiac rehabilitation program delivered remotely through the Internet
Completed Projects
- Virtual Heart Failure Clinic (vHFC)
- Delivering care through the internet to patients with heart failure
- Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise (RACE)
- Rapid telephone access for physicians to specialist advice
- Internet Use Study
- Assessment of computer and Internet use in cardiac in-patients (Internet Access Survey)
- Aboriginal Telehealth Literature Review
- Review of published evidence to inform telehealth/eHealth initiatives on First Nations reserves
- Virtual Heart Function Clinic Pilot Study
- Feasibility of remote management via the Internet of patients with heart failure
- e-Health Policy Study
- Telehealth policy baseline study
- Home Telehealth Scoping Review
- A synthesis of current evidence base in telehealth and identification of priority research questions
- Qualitative Study on Cardiovascular Disease
- Feasibility of using Internet-based technology for the remote management of cardiovascular disease
