Since its invention in 1876 the telephone has been used as a tool for delivering health care: Alexander Graham Bell’s first recorded telephone call was for medical help after he spilt sulphuric acid on himself. By the 1970s clinical enthusiasts were describing the telephone as having become as much a part of standard medical equipment as the stethoscope. However, despite the widespread use of t...

Troubleshooting problems Moves, adds and changes to telephone equipment or service New service, voicemail, caller menus, special calling features and plans, caller ID, music on hold, international dialing Fax machines and codes, headsets [2], conference calls [3], speaker phone rental [4] Call accounting and billling Telephone bill login [5] We also manage plans, orders, service, billing and tr...

CONTEXT Asthma is a major cause of morbidity in the United States. Self-management of asthma requires access to appropriate equipment. Clinical experience in an inner-city practice suggests that families encounter difficulties in filling prescriptions for spacers/holding chambers, peak flow (PF) meters, and nebulizer machines. OBJECTIVES To determine whether Bronx, NY, pharmacies (1) carry sp...

The use of telecommunications--telephone, computer, videoconferencing equipment--to provide mental health services at a distance has grown rapidly. This review encompasses reports from programs that provide telepsychiatry services, including telephone- and computer- based education and support services, telephone screening for dementia, and the use of videoconferencing to provide psychiatric co...

A low-cost, "real-life" method for measuring the interference caused by digital wireless (cell-phones) telephones in hearing aids is proposed. Data would be valid for specific telephone and hearing aid models. The estimated equipment cost is $500.

A study is reported which was carried out to determine factors governing the perception of sound quality of human, natural speech transmitted over telephone systems of different transmission-channel bandwidths, and their impact on perceived overall quality. The data collected in the described auditory tests is supposed to form the basis for instrumental modelling approaches of overall and espec...

DARPA and the NSF are encouraging research on active router networks. By applying these concepts to telephony we: — create a commodity, other than bandwidth, that a telephone network owner can sell, — create new businesses for both equipment manufacturers and for network providers, — provide local access with a distinct advantage over the current local operating companies, — integrate the telep...

the types of transmission systems which today are available for long distance transmission of large numbers of telephone circuits are those for coaxial cables and radio links. the number of circuits is increased in both cases in step with development in technique. radio links have for several years been able to transmit 600 telephone circuits per system. and are now being designed for 960 circu...

This study conducted in Scotland focuses on the contextual factors that shape healthcare interpreters’ performance when they interpret over telephone. It draws findings of two focus groups (n = 5 and 7) a Scottish urban area 2017 among interpreters with experience telephone interpreting (TI). The participants shared their experiences TI as related to issues include (1) impact different equipmen...

OBJECTIVE All emergency departments (EDs) should be adequately equipped and prepared to deal with unexpected neonatal deliveries and resuscitation. A study was undertaken to determine what neonatal resuscitation equipment is available in EDs in the UK and to formulate recommendations for improvement. METHODS A prospective telephone survey of all UK EDs was conducted between November 2008 and ...