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Telehealth

Telehealth. Janel Canty University of South Florida . What is T elehealth ?. It is the delivery of healthcare services through telecommunication technology. This allows for patients to interact with their healthcare team even when separated geographically. . Examples of Telehealth .

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Telehealth

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  1. Telehealth Janel Canty University of South Florida

  2. What is Telehealth? • It is the delivery of healthcare services through telecommunication technology. • This allows for patients to interact with their healthcare team even when separated geographically.

  3. Examples of Telehealth.. • Teletranslation • Tele Home healthcare • Telecosultation • Nursing call centers • Remote monitoring of vital signs and behaviors • Online patient support groups

  4. Teletranslation Teletranslation allows for patients that primarily speak in sign language to be able to communicate through a translator on the computer screen.

  5. Home healthcare • Monitoring patient’s at home by communicating through technology.

  6. Teleconsultation • Communication across a distance with an expert consultant who provides some type of service.

  7. Advantages • Serves underserved communities • Foster-care children, minority populations • Allow specialist to be consulted • Reduction in cost for patient and care giver • Improved health outcomes • Reduction in patients having to come back to the hospital

  8. Example of improvement in healthcare • Improves the communication between nighttime nurses, doctors, and family members • In the report done by Yager, Cummings, & Noviski (2012) this technology made communication between the family, bedside care provider, and patient enhanced during the night time shift. Yager, P., Cummings, B., Whalen, M., & Noviski, N. (2012).

  9. Disadvantages • Remote Rural areas lack of access • Ethical and legal issues • HIPPA • Problems with technology

  10. Rural areas • Remote rural areas have lack of access to phone lines and up to date technology. • The survey conducted by The University of Montana Rural Institute found that only 39% of rural vocational rehabilitation telecommunication users actually admitted to using the services. Ipsen, C., Rigles, B., Arnold, N., & Seekins, T. (2013)

  11. Ethical issues • Nurses providing care for patients across far distances • License • Different types of care

  12. HIPPA • Each state has different laws governing the use and disclosure of health information

  13. Summery • Telehealth is the way of the future for healthcare. • It enhances the ability for patients to communicate with their healthcare team • It will increase the care given to chronic and acute patients • All new things come with difficulty and until the kinks are worked out telecommunication will have disadvantages such as HIPPA or license problems.

  14. References • Ipsen, C., Rigles, B., Arnold, N., & Seekins, T. (2013). Access to, Use of, and Attitudes Toward Telecommunication Among Rural VR Clients. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 56(3), 172-181. doi:10.1177/0034355212466270 • Yager, P., Cummings, B., Whalen, M., & Noviski, N. (2012). Nighttime telecommunication between remote staff intensivists and bedside personnel in a pediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective study*. Critical Care Medicine, 40(9), 2700-2703. doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591dab

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