Researchers at CITRIS have teamed up to develop a video game that can screen young children for fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental impairment.
Reliable and inexpensive broadband connects rural patients to eye doctors.
While telemedicine research continues to make remarkable strides in increasing access to care for underserved populations, obstacles such as cost, operation, and sustainability significantly limit its adoption and use.
The explosion of knowledge and information in the health sciences is ironically creating greater disparities in the quality of healthcare services. The Institute of Medicine 2001 report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” stated that “information technology must play a central role in the redesign of the health care system.” With this in mind, CITRIS, through its partners at the
University
of
California
,
Telemedicine can have a significant impact on the health of underserved people, including improved eye care of
California
residents. Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy cause most of the preventable blindness in the
United States
To improve people’s long-term health, physicians would like to monitor and measure for the symptoms of serious medical conditions on a daily basis. CITRIS research on remote care addresses the needs of this field, and researchers, including John Canny at UC Berkeley, are working on diagnostic medical devices and their integration with network technologies.
Message from Acting Director Paul Wright
Learn how research at CITRIS in telemedicine is improving the access to healthcare for those in remote regions throughout the state.
Several key CITRIS initiatives are bringing information technology to the aid of this country's ailing health care system.
