NUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Telenursing, Telehealth, Telemedicine
Document Summary
Information and telecommunication technologies to support long distance clinical health care, patient and professional health related education, public health and health administration. Health services that are delivered by telecommunications ready tools, such as the internet, telephone, videoconferencing, streaming video and wireless communication. Telehealth will allow us to improve care delivery service even more of the population. Telehealth should be included to fill the gap resulting from an overabundance of patients and a scarcity of health care providers. Transfer of appropriate patients arriving in better condition. Increased relationship with community hospitals in surrounding areas. Service contracts prisons, oil rigs, ships, international. Outsourced services tele radiology, neurology and mental health. Broader definition of remote healthcare that does not always involve clinical services. Digital information is stored on client computer or device then at a convenient time the data are transmitted securely to a specialist or clinician at another location. Devices are used to capture and transmit biometric data.
