E-Health
Telemedicine
Virtual Therapy
Benefits and Disadvantages (Telemedicine)
Benefits and Disadvantages (Virtual Therapy)
100

The cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health and health-related fields.

What is e-Health?

100

Asynchronous Telemedicine

What is Store-and-Forward?

100

Sometimes called telemental health or telepsychology

What is Virtual Psychotherapy?

100

Eliminates the need to travel to appointments, reducing missed work hours, waiting times, and associated expenses like travel and childcare.

What are Comfort & Convenience?

100

Slow networks, low-quality video, and chat delays can hinder communication and the therapeutic process.

What are Technological Limitations?

200

It includes a broader range of remote health services, extending beyond clinical care to non-clinical services.

What is Telehealth?

200

It is the practice of medicine using technology to deliver care at a distance.

What is Telemedicine?

200

A therapist might ask a client to perform exercises and then use a camera to evaluate their form and progress.

What is Virtual Physical Therapy?

200

Generally not allowed in many states without an established relationship between the physician and patient.

What is Online Prescribing?

200

Data security issues if therapy sessions are not encrypted or conducted on insecure platforms, risking third-party privacy violations.

What are Data Concerns?

300

Two leading drivers of growth in the digital health market.

What are mobile health and wireless health?

300

Meaning of this abbreviation: HIPAA

What is Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act?

300

Virtual Speech Therapy:Speaking Skills; 

_________:Motor Skills

What is Virtual Occupational Therapy?

300

These telemedicine equipment are considered to be so expensive that rural facilities may not be able to afford it.

What is Integrated Telemedicine Carts & Encounter Management Software?

300

Virtual therapy may have lower overhead costs for therapists, especially if they transition to an entirely online practice, potentially reducing the overall cost of therapy for clients.

What are Cost Savings?

400

It was used by 18% of U.S. office-based doctors in 2001.

What is an Electronic Medical Record or Electronic Health Record?

400

A patient with diabetes uses a mobile device to measure blood sugar levels and sends the data to their healthcare provider for review.

What is Remote Patient Monitoring?

400

What is National Center for Mental Health (NCMH)?

400

One that is NOT an advantage of Telemedicine.

  • Comfort and Ease

  • Constricting healthcare reach

  • Cutting down on missed appointments

  • Offering advice for healthier living

What is Constricting healthcare reach?

500

This industry's global market value was over 330 billion U.S. dollars in 2022 and is projected to exceed 650 billion by 2025.

What is the Digital Health Market?

500

A patient consults with their physician over a video call to discuss symptoms and treatment options.

What is Interactive Telemedicine?

500

These two types are commonly employed following a stroke.

What are Virtual Speech and Occupational Therapy?

500

This challenge involves the intricate regulations and potentially costly requirements hindering the widespread implementation of telemedicine.

What is Licensing Issues?

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