What is telehealth? How is telehealth different from telemedicine?
The Health Resources Services Administration defines telehealth as 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. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it refers to a broader scope of remote healthcare services than telemedicine. While telemedicine refers specifically to remote clinical services, telehealth can refer to remote non-clinical services, such as provider training, administrative meetings, and continuing medical education, in addition to clinical services.
There are several other ways to define telehealth. See the below websites for further information on telehealth.
- World Health Organization [PDF - 3.38 MB]
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Missouri Telehealth Network
- American Health Information Management Association
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Why is telehealth important for rural providers?
References
- Health Resources Services Administration. "Telehealth."
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