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==Clinical uses of telehealth technologies== | == Clinical uses of telehealth technologies == | ||
*Transmission of medical images for diagnosis (often referred to as store and forward telehealth) | |||
*Groups or individuals exchanging health services or education live via videoconference (real-time telehealth) | |||
*Transmission of medical data for diagnosis or disease management (sometimes referred to as remote monitoring) | |||
*Advice on prevention of diseases and promotion of good health by patient monitoring and followup. | |||
*Health advice by telephone in emergent cases (referred to as teletriage) | |||
==Nonclinical uses of telehealth technologies== | == Nonclinical uses of telehealth technologies == | ||
*Distance education including continuing medical education, grand rounds, and patient education | |||
*administrative uses including meetings among telehealth networks, supervision, and presentations | |||
*research on telehealth | |||
*online information and health data management | |||
*healthcare system integration | |||
*asset identification, listing, and patient to asset matching, and movement | |||
*overall healthcare system management | |||
*patient movement and remote admission | |||
Revision as of 21:12, 11 November 2010
Clinical uses of telehealth technologies[edit | edit source]
- Transmission of medical images for diagnosis (often referred to as store and forward telehealth)
- Groups or individuals exchanging health services or education live via videoconference (real-time telehealth)
- Transmission of medical data for diagnosis or disease management (sometimes referred to as remote monitoring)
- Advice on prevention of diseases and promotion of good health by patient monitoring and followup.
- Health advice by telephone in emergent cases (referred to as teletriage)
Nonclinical uses of telehealth technologies[edit | edit source]
- Distance education including continuing medical education, grand rounds, and patient education
- administrative uses including meetings among telehealth networks, supervision, and presentations
- research on telehealth
- online information and health data management
- healthcare system integration
- asset identification, listing, and patient to asset matching, and movement
- overall healthcare system management
- patient movement and remote admission
