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Counseling and Computer Technology in the New Millennium--An Internet Delphi Study Research findings indicate counselors and counselor educators are using a large variety of CRT tools, including word processors, spread sheets, a variety of software programs, e-mail, chatrooms, listservs, databases, and other web-related tools to assist them in over half of job-related tasks today. Experts forecast CRT use by counselors will significantly increase by the year 2008, when professional counselors are expected to utilize CRT for at least 90% of their work-related tasks. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/availab...

Global Telehealth Resource Center The demand for "healthcare delivered anywhere", despite prohibitive costs, lack of communications infrastructures, lack of time, and lack of appropriate resources, has prompted The ECU Telemedicine Center to develop the Global Telehealth Resource Center (GTRC). The primary focus of the GTRC is to build working relationships with disaster relief organizations and participating medical professionals through the technical facilities and equipment afforded by the Center The GTRC is seeking partners for participation in this project. For more information, please contact David Balch (balchda@mail.ecu.edu) or Lori Maiolo (maiolo@mail.ecu.edu)

New E-health Report Released A new e-health report, "The eHealth Landscape: A Terrain Map of Emerging Information and Communication Technologies in Health and Health Care," has been released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This comprehensive report provides an overview of the status of eHealth and summarizes the major players, issues, and emerging trends and technologies in the eHealth arena so that stakeholders can make informed decisions in this area. The report in PDF format (136 pages) is available in full from the home page of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Web site: http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_publications_and_links/publicationsPdfs/eHealth.pdf

Palm Powered Ambulatory Monitoring VivoMetrics of Ventura, California is on the threshold of making remote-monitoring of patients enrolled in clinical drug trials a reality. The southern California company's flagship product, LifeShirt, an ambulatory monitoring vest, has the potential of improving the accuracy and the speed with which data are collected, while lowering the cost of trials by reducing the need for frequent clinical visits to record patients' vital signs. http://www.rnpalm.com/VivoMetrics.htm

Research Finds New E-Health Paradox: It's Harder to Reach Patients Online Than to Have an Effect on Them Although the Internet is increasing its influence on how patients approach their health care, strategies borrowed from consumer sites fail to reach them, according to research-conducted by Harris Interactive, recently released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and published in the Harris Interactive Health Care News, Issue 21. The study found that shifts in how people search for health care information present industry players with new opportunities to engage and capture patients online

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