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
