Clinical and Vocational Applications
Well, we made it through Day 2 of the State of the Science Conference! In this session, Drs. Mark Schmeler and Michael McCue and their colleagues presented some of the research, opportunities and challenges in both clinical and vocational applications for telerehabilitation. What thoughts, comments or questions do you have related to their presentation? Let’s keep the discussion going! We’ll try to respond to any questions that weren’t addressed in the session here. Thanks for your participation!
The conference and this blog are great examples of how techn. can be used to reach people throughout the word with disabilities, thanks!
Day 1 we talked about emerging technologies. There was a question about using a wireless camera or web cam for home assessment. Lets say that technology is available, there are no security issues or broadband issues and wireless technologies are available. Then what? How to we get them to the client? Do we mail them iPhones? or video cameras and hope that they send them back when they’re done? If we used to send them a POTS phone, then now we send them an iPhone? I guess this is logical, but I am uncomfortable about how grant reviewers will receive this – What do you think? Something like anything that is fun can’t be reimbursed . . . type thinking.
If we have to send a person out to do the videotaping – then I don’t see an advantage of TR over IP. The video has to come back and people have to have the time to go through it. The data is handled to many times and travel is still involved.
Live wireless video decreases handling of the data thus clinician time.
A community partner who has the camera and is present during sessions is anoption but in my community sustainability post research would be a problem. I don’t see home health agencies able to take this on at this time.
Ideas?
Not sure which session this question applies to, but I would like to hear ideas on the usefulness of distance technologies for group therapies, counseling, and staffings with multipoint connections, e.g. in vocational and psychological counseling bringing participants together in a room for group interaction. Have you looked at usefulness of distance technologies for these types of group activities? This is a general question for the conference.