Presented by Group 5 members:

Sandy EtienneJaya Dubay – Ramrattan

Sadna SamarooKelly-Ann CornibertAre you a prospective Telehealthcare

client?

Definition of Telehealth

The telehealth process and procedure

Suitability and safety as telehealth client

Technology involved (to be used)

Their ICT requirements including approx cost

Ethical and legal considerations

Security and privacy considerations

Telehealth is the use of electronic information and

telecommunications technologies to support long-

distance clinical health care, patient and professional

health-related education, public health and health

administration. Sewell & Thede(2011).

The Telehealth process includes:

A telehealth consultation which is created to be as

close to an actual visit as possible

Workstations of telehealth provider is normally within

the vicinity of the practitioners own office

This saves time for the provider’s schedule and

enhances the abilities of the patients to see the doctor

conveniently located to them without having to

commute very far.

At the patient site, the patient’s clinical

information and vitals signs are

assessed and collected by the telehealth

nurse clinician and fax to the doctor

alerting him / her of the patients

information and state of readiness to be

seen.

The interview is then conducted by the use of

videoconferencing so the patient and doctor can see

each other.

Telehealth are subjected to same HIPAA policies and

procedures. ( Armstrong and freush 2013)

Improved access to medical consultation andspecialists. 

Quicker and more accurate diagnosis andtreatment which leads to improved patientoutcomes. 

Reduced travel, accommodation, and mealexpenses, as location is convenient.

Decreased stress

Hardware, software and peripheral devices are used to

perform telehealth activities. Different technologies

used for telehealth including: Telephones videophones personal computers (PCs) videoconferencing systems store and forward systems (S&F) Specialized Workstations.

Access

Effectiveness

Efficiency

Safety

Knowledge generating

Economic impact

Integration

Safety and security is protected by the Health

Insurance policy and Accountability Act HIPAA. It

establishes national standards for identity for e-health,

health plans and employees. HIPAA secures and

protects privacy of health data.

Legal and administrative security measures are put in

place to protect patient information

Telehealth allows delivery of health related services and information via telecommunication technologies. Telehealth offers secure, individualized, private medical sessions with specialized physicians, which will improve patient outcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luClBI57BPM

How Telehealth works – please view video via hyperlink below.

Armstrong,L.M., and Freush , S.(2013). Telecommunications for nurses: Providing Successful Distance education and telehealth . 2nd edition. Springer publishing

Sewell, J., Thede, L.,(2013); Informatics and nursing; Opportunities and Challenges (4th ed.). PA., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

How Telehealth work image retrieved on 17/3/2013 from http://telehealth.philips.com/how_telehealth_works.html