Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth

Research

One of the functions of the Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth is to research this new method of delivering health care. This research often compares the effectiveness of telemedicine to traditional health care delivery.

We are currently working with the publishers to allow us to present the full text articles in our institutional repository. The publishers most likely will require a six-month waiting period before that can happen. In the meantime, please look over this list of some of our publications from the last several years.

2008

Spaulding, R. J., Davis, K. G. & Patterson, J. D. (2008). A comparison of telehealth and face-to-face presentation for school professionals supporting students with chronic illness. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 14: 211-214

2007

2006

Doolittle G. C, & Spaulding, A. O. (2006). Providing access to oncology care for rural patients via telemedicine. Journal of Oncology Practice, 2(5), 228-230.
Doolittle, G. C., & Spaulding, R. (2006). Defining the needs of a telemedicine service. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare,12(6), 276-284.
Doolittle, G. C., & Cook, D. (2006). Defining the needs of a telemedicine service. In R. Wootten, J. Craig & V. Patterson (Eds). Introduction to Telemedicine. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd.
Nelson, E., Barnard, M., & Cain, S. (2006). Feasibility of teletherapy for childhood depression. Counseling and Psychotherapy Research, Special Technology Edition, 6(3), 191-195.
Nelson, E., & Palsbo, S. (2006). Challenges in telemedicine equivalence studies. Evaluation and Program Planning, Special Technology Edition, 29(4), 419-425.
Redford, L., & Spaulding, R. (2006). Transforming rural health care: The role of technology. In R. T. Goins and J. Krout (Eds.), Service delivery to rural older adults: Research, policy and practice (pp. 201-223). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Smith C. E., Dauz, E. R., Clements, F., Puno, F. N., Cook, D., Doolittle, G., Leeds, W. (2006). Telehealth services to improve nonadherence: A placebo-controlled study. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 12(3), 289-296.
Spaulding, R. J., Cook, D. J., & Doolittle, G. C. (2006). School-based telemedicine in Kansas: Parent perceptions of health and economic benefits. In J. N. Yfantopoulos, G. T. Papanikos & Z. Boutsioli (Eds.), Health Care Issues: An international perspective (pp. 371-386). Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research.
Spaulding, R. J., Davis, K. G., & Cook, D. J. (2006). Evaluation of a telehealth intervention for chronically ill children, their families and their teachers. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 12(2), 235.

2005

Doolittle, G. C., & Spaulding, A. (2005). Online cancer services: Types of services offered and associated health outcomes. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(3), e35.
Doolittle, G. C., Whitten, P., McCartney, M., Cook, D. J., & Nazir, N. (2005). An empirical chart analysis of the suitability of telemedicine for hospice visits. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 11(1), 90-97.
Miller, E. A., & Nelson, E. (2005). Modifying the Roter Interaction Analysis System to study provider-patient communication in telemedicine: Promises, pitfalls, insights and recommendations. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth, 11(1), 44-55.
Nelson, E., & Spaulding, R. (2005). Adapting the Roter Interaction Analysis System for telemedicine: Lessons in coding across four specialty clinics. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 11(Suppl 1), S1:105-7.
Spaulding, R. J., Davis, K. G., & Cook, D. J. (2006). Evaluation of a telehealth intervention for chronically ill children, their families and their teachers. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 12(2), 235.
Spaulding, R. J., Russo, T., Cook, D. J., & Doolittle, G. C. (2005). Diffusion theory and telemedicine adoption by Kansas health-care providers: Critical factors in telemedicine adoption for improved patient access. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 11(Suppl 1), 107-109.
Whitten, P., Doolittle G. C., & Mackert, M. (2005). Providers’ acceptance of telehospice. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(4), 730-735.

2004

Clemens, C. M., Sypher, B. D., & Doolittle, G. C. (2004). The role of telehospice in end-of-life care. In P. Whitten & D. Cook (Eds.), Understanding health communication technologies (pp. 111-117). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Doolittle, G. C. (2004). A teleoncology model. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl 1), S73.
Doolittle, G. C., Spaulding, A, & Spaulding, R. J. (2004). The financial side of a Kansas tele-oncology practice. In P. Whitten & D. Cook (Eds.), Understanding health communication technologies (pp. 171-177). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Doolittle, G. C., Williams, A. R., Spaulding, A., Spaulding, R. J., & Cook, D. J. (2004). A cost analysis of a tele-oncology practice in the United States. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 10(Suppl. 1), S1:27-29.
Georges, J., Doolittle, G. C., & Ahlers, M. (2004). The role of telehealth in providing remote, interactive swallowing evaluations in Kansas. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl 1), S1:74.
Nelson, E. (2004). Efficacy research in patient care delivery: A case study concerning treating childhood depression over interactive televideo. In P. Whitten & D. Cook (Eds.), Case Studies in Telemedicine (pp. 129-137), San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Nelson, E., & Spaulding, R. J. (2004). Adapting a patient-provider interaction coding system for interactive televideo. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl. 1), S1:55.
Nelson, E., Zaylor, C., & Cook, D. (2004). A comparison of psychiatrist evaluation and patient symptom report in a jail telepsychiatry clinic. Telemedicine Journal & e-Health, 10(Suppl 2), S2:54-S2:59.
Spaulding, R. J. (2004). Transforming tele-clinical information into pilot data: Research implementation. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl. 1), S1:73.
Spaulding, R. J., Doolittle, G. C., & Swirczynski, D. L. (2004). School-based telehealth. In J. Tracy (Ed.) A Guide to Getting Started in Telemedicine (pp. 267-313). Columbia: University of Missouri Press.
Spaulding, R. J., Russo, T., Cook, D. J., & Doolittle, G. C. (2004). Diffusion theory and telemedicine adoption by rural Kansas providers: Predictors and implications for practice. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl 1), S1:35
Swirczynski, D. L., Shaw, P. K., Archer, K., Spaulding, R. J., & Doolittle, G. C. (2004). Diagnostic accuracy of pediatric urgent care in a school-based telehealth simulation. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(Suppl 1), S1:66.
Whitten, P., Doolittle, G. C., & Mackert, M. (2004). Telehospice in Michigan: Use and patient acceptance. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 21(3), L191-195.
Whitten, P., & Spaulding, R. (2004). Telemedicine for schoolchildren in Kansas. In R. Wootton and J. Batch (Eds.). Telepediatrics: Telemedicine and Child Health (pp.249-258). London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, Ltd.

2003

Doolittle, G. C., Cook, D. J., Spaulding, R., & Williams, A. R. (2003). Cost studies for teleoncology practices in Kansas (Abstract). Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 9(Suppl. 1), S-75.
Doolittle, G. C., Williams, A. R., & Cook, D. J. (2003). An estimation of costs of a pediatric telemedicine practice in public schools, Medical Care, 41(1), 100-109.
Nelson, E. (2003). Ethical concerns and childhood depression. Bioethics Forum, 18(3-4), 55-62.
Nelson, E., Barnard, M., & Cain, S. (2003). Treating childhood depression over videoconferencing. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 9(1), 49-56.
Nelson, E., Citarelli, M., Shaw, P, & Cook, D. (2003). Reshaping health care delivery for adolescent parents: Healthy Steps and telemedicine. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 9(4), 387-92.
2002
Cook, D. J. (2002). Developing a statewide broadband infrastructure to support clinical and educational tele-services in Kansas: An overview of political and technical challenges. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 8(2), 210-211.
Cook, D. J., Doolittle, G. C., Ferguson, D., Hanks, N., Hood, J., Howard, M., Troha, J., Mehling, D., & Zurbuchen, N. (2002). Explaining the adoption of telemedicine services: An analysis of pediatric telemedicine services. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 8(1), 94-96.
Cook, D. J., Doolittle, G. C., & Spaulding, A. (2002). Developing a reimbursement model
for urban based telemedicine services. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 8(2), 198-199.
Cook, D., & Whitten, P. (2002). Telemedicine in Kansas 1994-2001. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 16(4), 60-66.
Doolittle, G. C., & Cook, D. J. (2002). Telemedicine in Kansas: Overview of a statewide program. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 8(2), 215-216.

2001

Cook, D. J., Nelson, E., Shaw, P., & Doolittle, G. C. (2001). Healthy Steps intervention for adolescent parents over interactive televideo. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 7(2), 187-188.
Doolittle, G. C. (2001). Telemedicine in Kansas: The successes and the challenges. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 7(Suppl 2), S2:43-S2:46.
Nelson, E., Cook, D. J., Shaw, P., Peacock, G, & Doolittle, G. C. (2001). Evolving pediatrician perceptions of a telemedicine program. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(4), http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol6/issue4/nelson.html
Nelson, E., Shaw, P., Doolittle, G. C., Peacock, G., & Cook, D. J. (2001).
Telemedicine provider perceptions of diagnostic and treatment efficacy in a pediatric population. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 7(2), 188.
Shaw, P., Doolittle, G. C., Cook, D. J., Swirczynski, D., & Nelson, E. L. (2001). Research approaches to establishing telemedicine efficacy in a pediatric setting. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 7(2), 177.
Whitten, P. S., Kingsley, C., Cook, D. J., Swirczynski, D., & Doolittle, G. C. (2001). School-based telehealth: An empirical analysis of teacher, nurse, and administrator perceptions. Journal of School Health, 71(5), 173-179.
Williams, A., Doolittle, G. C., & Cook, D. J. (2001). An estimation of costs for a pediatric telemedicine practice: Results from the TeleKidcare® experience. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 7(2), 122-123.
Zaylor, C., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. (2001). Clinical outcomes in a prison telepsychiatry clinic. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 7(Suppl 1), S1:47-S1:49.

2000

Doolittle, G. C. (2000). A cost measurement study for a home-based telehospice service. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 6(Suppl 1), S1:193-195.
Doolittle, G. C., & Cook, D. J. (2000). Telemedicine. In P. Davidson (Ed.), The Handbook of Healthcare Information Systems (pp. 453-468). Boca Raton: CRC Press, LLCP.
Doolittle, G. C., Cook, D. J., & Shaw, P. (2000). Tele-KidCare: An overview of year two of the project (Abstract), Telemedicine Journal, 6(1), 177.
Ermer, D., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. J. (2000). An evaluation of treatment of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) over Tele-KidCareTM, (Abstract), Telemedicine Journal, 6(1), 177.
Ermer, D., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. (2000). The effectiveness of stimulants prescribed
over Tele-Kidcare in treating children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (Abstract), Telemedicine Journal, 6(1), 177.
Mair, F. S., Whitten, P., May, C., & Doolittle, G. C. (2000). Patients’ perceptions of a
telemedicine specialty clinic. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 6, 36-40.
Nelson, E., Barnard, M., & Ermer, D. (2000). A comparison of two Tele-KidCare
interventions (cognitive behavioral therapy or pharmacological treatment) to current community services for childhood depression. Telemedicine Journal, 6(1), 129.
Whitten, P. S., Cook, D. J., Kingsley, C., Swirczynski, D., & Doolittle, G. C. (2000).
School-based telemedicine: Teachers’, nurses’, and administrators’ perceptions. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 6(Suppl 1), S1:129-132.

1999

Allen, A., Doolittle, G. C., Boysen, C. D., Komoroski, K., Wolf, M., Collins, B., & Patterson, J. D. (1999). An analysis of the suitability of home health visits for telemedicine. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 5, 90-96.
Doolittle, G. C., & Cook, D. J. (1999). Defining the needs of a telemedicine service. In R. Wooten & J. Craig (Eds.), Introduction to telemedicine (pp. 79-92). London: Royal Society of Medicine Press.
Doolittle, G., Cook, D., & Shaw, P. (1999). Tele-Kidcare: An overview of year two of the project. Telemedicine Journal, 6, 177.
Doolittle, G., Cook, D., & Williams, A. (1999). A Cost Measurement Study of a Telehospice Service. Telemedicine Journal, 5, 25.
Doolittle, G. C., Whitten, P. S., Clemens, M. A., & Cook, D. (1999). Patient, caregiver, and provider perceptions of a telehospice service. Telemedicine Journal, 5, 55.
Doolittle, G., Whitten, P., & Cook, D. (1999). Telehospice: A Bi-state Initiative to utilize telemedicine to improve patient care at the end-of-life. Telemedicine Journal, 6, 157.
Ermer, D. (1999). Child and adolescent telepsychiatry clinics. Psychiatric Annals, 29,
410-414.
Ermer, D. (1999). Experience with a rural telepsychiatry clinic for children and
adolescents. Psychiatric Services, 50(2), 260-261.
Shaw, P., Goodwin, J., Whitten, P., & Doolittle, G. (1999). Tele-KidCare: An urban
telemedicine service for an underserved population [Abstract]. Telemedicine Journal, 5(1), 25.
Whitten, P. S., & Cook, D. J. (1999). School-based telemedicine: Using technology to
bring health care to inner-city children. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare,
5(Suppl 1), S1:23-S1:25.
Whitten, P. S., Cook, D. J., Shaw, P., Ermer, D., & Goodwin, J. (1999). Tele-KidCare:
Bringing health care into schools. Telemedicine Journal, 4(4), 335-344.
Zaylor, C. (1999). Clinical outcomes in telepsychiatry. Journal of Telemedicine and
Telecare, 5(Suppl 1), 59-60.

1998

Doolittle, G., Williams, A., Harmon, A., Allen, A., Boysen C. D., Wittman, C., Mair, F., & Carlson, E. (1998). A cost measurement study for a teleoncology practice. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4, 84-88.
Doolittle, G., Yaezel, A., Otto, F., Clemens, C., & Allen, A. (1998). Hospice care using home-based telemedicine systems. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4, 58-59.
Whitten, P., Cook, D. J., & Doolittle, G. (1998). An analysis of provider perceptions for telehospiceTM. The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 15(5), 267-274.
Whitten, P., Collins, B., & Mair, F. (1998). Nurse and patient reactions to a developmental home telecare system. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4(3), 152-160.
Whitten, P., Cook, D. J., Shaw, P., Ermer, D., & Goodwin, J. (1998). Tele-Kid Care: Bringing health care into schools. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4(4), 335-343.
Wootton, R., Loane, M., Mair, F., Allen, A., Doolittle, G., Begley, M., McLernan, A., Moutray, M., & Harrison, S. (1998). A joint US-UK study of home telenursing. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4, 83-85.
Wootton, R., Loane, M., Mair, F., Moutray, M., Harrison, S., Sivananthan, S., Allen, A., Doolittle, G. C., & McLernan, A. (1998). The potential for telemedicine in home nursing. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 4, 214-218.

1997

Allen, A., & Doolittle, G. C. (1997). Teleoncology. In R. L. Bashshur, J. H. Sanders, & G. B. Shannon (Eds.), Telemedicine: Theory and practice (pp. 249-264). Springfield: Charles C. Thomas.
Allen, A., Ermer, D., Doolittle, G., Whitten, P., & Zaylor, C. (1997). Telemedicine in Kansas: Beyond anecdotes (Abstract). Telemedicine Journal, 3, 86.
Cook, D. J. (1997). The use of computer-mediated communication in organizations: A
research report. In T. Russo, D. Ford, & J. Patterson (Eds.), Handbook for effective business communication (pp. 67-70). New York: McGraw Hill.
Doolittle, G. C., & Allen, A. (1997). Practicing oncology via telemedicine. Journal of
Telemedicine and Telecare, 3, 63-70.
Mair, F. S., Whitten, P., May, C., & Doolittle, G. (1997). Telemedicine specialty clinics:
What do patients really think [Abstract]? Proceedings of the Association of University Departments of General Practice (AUDGP), B127.
Whitten, P., & Doolittle, G. C. (1997). The communicative dynamics of talking to a
doctor on TV (Abstract). Telemedicine Journal, 3, 90-91.

1995

Perednia, D. A., & Allen, A. (1995). Telemedicine technology and clinical applications. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 273(6), 483-488.

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