Telehealth
The delivery of home nursing care using telehealth
A computer, tablet, or smartphone that is not hardwired to the internet and is used in healthcare
What is a mobile device?
Scanning medications at the bedside to improve safety
What is barcode medication administration?
The ability of non-human machines to understand their surroundings and use information to achieve certain objectives
What is artificial intelligence?
A two-way interaction in real time between clinician and patient or clinician-to-clinician
What is synchronous telehealth?
Wireless device connectivity
What is wifi?
Monitoring patient vitals from home using connected devices
What is remote patient monitoring?
Emerging technology that involves extremely small-scale devices with the potential to continuously monitor health conditions inside the body
What is nanotechnology?
The use of telehealth to deliver mental health services
What is telemental health (AKA telepsychiatry or telepsychology)?
A wifi-enabled area where a person can use their wifi-enabled mobile device to connect to the internet
What is a hotspot?
A nurse uses a tablet to document patient vital signs and assessment findings
What is the use of a mobile device to support real-time documentation?
A major challenge of telehealth in rural and remote areas that limits access to care despite high patient need
What is the lack of access to high-speed internet or connectivity?
A rural ICU patient is monitored continuously using connected bedside equipment, and off-site intensivists provide guidance in real time without being physically present
What is E-intensive care with the use of telepresence?
A patient’s weight, blood pressure, and glucose levels are collected at home using portable monitoring devices that automatically transmit data to providers through a wireless network
What is the Internet of Medical Things?
A home health nurse receives automatic alerts when a patient’s oxygen saturation falls below a preset threshold, prompting timely follow-up without an in-person visit
What is the use of portable monitoring devices and push notifications?
As telehealth use expanded rapidly after the COVID-19 pandemic, coordinated federal and state enforcement actions uncovered schemes in which telehealth practitioners approved unnecessary services and testing that resulted in billions of dollars in false Medicare claims
What is telehealth fraud and the misuse of telemedicine services?
During a mass-casualty event, trauma care experts appear virtually in the emergency department to guide care and procedures using robotics while communicating in real time
What is teletrauma supported by robotics?
A hospital streams a one-way presentation on a new policy to staff across multiple locations, and staff can later view the recording at their convenience, though live interaction is limited
What is a webcast?
A nurse checks a patient’s glucose levels remotely each morning and uses the readings to adjust the patient’s diet and care plan without needing the patient to visit the clinic
What is telehomecare?
As mobile healthcare technology expands, increased use of Bluetooth-enabled medical devices, mobile networks, and push notifications raises concerns related to patient data protection and unauthorized access
What are data privacy and cybersecurity risks?