Rural Health
Faces of Innovation
Telehealth
Roger's Change Theory
100

The health outcomes of a group of individuals.

What is Population Health?

100

A nurse who engages in trial-and-error to establish best practices.

What is the Experimenter?

100

Healthcare offered via virtual visits, phone or video calls.

What is telehealth?

100

The act or process of change, improvement.

What is innovation?

250

A community that often faces restricted access to quality health care, geographic isolation, limited public transportation, and low education rates.

What is a Rural Community?

250

A nurse that works to overcome obstacles and challenges to improve processes. 

What is the Hurdler?

250

The ability to access healthcare without need for transportation, familiy members able to participate in appointments, and improved consistency in care.

What are benefits of telehealth?

250

The exposure to a problem and new idea.

What is Knowledge?

500

The availability of services/providers, timeliness, affordability, and insurance coverage.

What is Access to Healthcare?

500

The most common face in all of nursing.

What is the Caregiver?

500

Technology malfunctions, increased financial costs to healthcare organization, and inability to perform tactile exams.

What are potential complications of telehealth?

500

The decision to continue implementing a new process after establishing its effectiveness.

What is Confirmation?