Policy
The type of government support needed to ensure equitable access to virtual care, especially for those who rely on it.
Hint: Highlighted by Delaforce et al. (2024)
What is support through adequate policy (or subsidized care)?
The concept that has appeared in the Jetsons and is defined as the provision of healthcare when distance and/or time separate the participants, utilizing telecommunications technology.
What is telemedicine?
The AI powered technology that leverages augmented reality (AR) to enable clinicians to see what another provider sees through their glasses and provide visual feedback.
Hint: From Health Design Thinking textbook readings.
What is Vision BeyondTM ?
The degree to which an innovation can or is being supported by local, inner setting policies and procedures.
What is governance?
The concept that is intended to support the diversion of patients with low-acuity complaints and reduce the need for in-person emergency department visits.
What is virtual urgent care (VUC)?
The type of telemedicine that monitors patients remotely at their home or living facility
What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?
The Australian government mechanism that introduced a subsidized claim number, leading to an exponential increase in telehealth consultations.
Hint: MBS highlighted by Delaforce et al. (2024)
What is the Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS)?
The term used to refer to the virtual equivalent of bedside manner in which clinician's show patients how to use a health monitoring device to track their blood pressure and heart rate.
Hint: From Health Design Thinking textbook readings.
What is webside manner?
The lack of reliable access to these two essential infrastructure elements frequently acts as a prominent barrier to virtual care implementation, especially in rural areas.
Hint: What are _______ ________ and ________ ______?
What are internet connectivity and mobile reception?
As identified by McGillion et al. (2021), the mandatory part of the virtual care intervention was associated with an absolute benefit of over 24% in the detection and correction of errors, which policy makers consider vital for improving patient health.
What is drug review and reconciliation?
The implementation framework used as to help analyze and code factors influencing virtual care implementation, detailing the barriers, facilitators, and suggested approaches for improved implementation.
What is the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)?
The standardized tool outlined by McLeod et al. (2023), scored from 1 (Resuscitation) to 5 (Non-urgent), was used to capture the acuity level of VUC visits, although none of the pediatric VUC sites reported scores.
What is the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS)?