German Research University Pitches Telemedicine As An Emergency Medical Tool

Germany's Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen has researched telehealth in various settings and locations with different users.

While telemedicine is often hailed as a way to give patients care in the home, it’s also being used to help emergency services treat patients with more information. 

In Germany, research university Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen has zeroed in on helping providers use telehealth in emergency services. Sean O’Sullivan, a researcher at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, will be speaking at HIMSS21 about his team’s work in the field. 

“At the end of 2017, we started our research in telemedicine in Emergency Medicine. Having started from scratch, we were able to quickly develop scientifically based solutions and presented these at the opening ceremony of the Telemedicine and E-Health Competence Center in Giessen, Germany in April 2018. By using a simple, but practical and easy-to-integrate approach for our digital health solutions we received a lot of positive feedback.”

Researchers then began to test out the service in various locations and regions. O’Sullivan said that his team saw uses for the technology in emergency departments and emergency medical service vary based on available staff, infrastructure, rural or urban setting and level of expertise of various