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For more information on telerehabilitation and telehealth providers or services:

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Canada

The Canadian Society of Telehealth leads the transformation of health care through information and communication technology by providing a forum for advocacy, communication and sharing of resources among our communities of interest.

Alberta Telehealth is a key initiative of the Alberta Government. Telehealth uses videoconferencing technology to connect Albertans with the best possible health care, no matter where they live.

USA

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is the leading resource and advocate promoting access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology. ATA seeks to bring together diverse groups from traditional medicine, academic medical centers, technology and telecommunications companies, e-Health, medical societies, government and others to overcome barriers to the advancement of telemedicine through the professional, ethical and equitable improvement in health care delivery.

The US Health Rresource and Service Administration has established the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to serve as a leader in telehealth, a focal point for HRSA’s telehealth activities and as a catalyst for the wider adoption of advanced technologies in the provision of health care services and education. Rockville, MD, USA

The Telemedicince Information Exchange (TIE) is a comprehensive, international, quality-filtered resource for information about telemedicine, telehealth and telemedicine/telehealth related activities. Portland, OR, USA

The Association of Telehealth Service Providers is an international
membership-based organization dedicated to improving health care through growth of the telehealth industry. Portland, OR, USA

The Missouri TeleRehabilitation Training Program creates permanent behavioral health access for rural Missourians with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This project is conducting research and training to assist persons with TBI into employment, the community and independence through information technology teleconferencing applications. Columbia, MO, USA

Saint Francis University’s Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA) was founded in 1994 and is based at the university’s Loretto, Pennsylvania campus.  Principally funded by the United States Department of Defense through its  Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), CERMUSA tests, evaluates, demonstrates, and assesses "best practices" in providing healthcare services and education utilizing appropriate, available technology. Loretto, PA, USA

The National Telerehabilitation Service System (NTSS) is an initiative to capitalize upon the extremely successful results of a collaborative proof-of-concept telerehabilitation research study carried out by CERMUSA with the Hiram G. Andrews Center (HGA). Johnstown, PA, USA

The Falk Neurorehabilitation Engineering Research Center (Falk NeuroRERC) is the foundation for research and development activities in neurorehabilitation at Marquette University Biomedical Engineering. Milwaukee, WI, USA

The U.S. Department of Education funds the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities to explore issues important to the 12.5 million rural Americans with disabilities and develop solutions to the problems they encounter in accessing telecommunications, becoming effective self-advocates and community leaders, and in living independent, healthy lives. Missoula, MI, USA

Advanced Rehabilitative Technologies - In 1998, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Catholic University of America and National Rehabilitation Hospital were awarded a five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The grant establishes a rehabilitation engineering research center on telerehabilitation. Minneapolis, MN, USA

The American Psychological Association also talks about telerehabilitation in their publication "Bringing Recovery Home"

The Therapy Times discuss adding a new dimension to paitent compliance with telerehabilitation in their article "Telerehab: Therapy Anywhere, Anytime"  

International

International Society for Telemedicine - The International Society for Telemedicine (ISfT) exists to facilitate the International dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and e-Health, and to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide.

The objectives of Telemedicine and E-health Information Service (TEIS) are to bring together those working in the field of telemedicine, telecare and ehealth; to encourage them to share information and experience; and to provide an information resource on telemedicine activity in the UK. The Telemedicine and E-health Information Service is run by the University of Portsmouth.

The European Health Telematics Assocation (EHTEL) has established this website to raise the public awareness for eHealth, Health Telematics and related fields of interest. Furthermore the EHTEL Association uses this website for the internal communication with its membership. The information on the website is reflecting our best possible knowledge and is regularly updated.


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