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3 Benefits of Asynchronous Telehealth, and a Pitfall to Avoid.
Asynchronous telehealth can be beneficial for healthcare providers by increasing productivity, improving documentation, decreasing barriers to access and creating more inclusivity. However, if an asynchronous telehealth program is not properly managed, it can create a vicious cycle of reactive work and unproductivity for providers, and this must be considered when designing an asynchronous telehealth program.
Telehealth Interventions to Support Self-Management of Chronic Conditions
Improving a patient’s skills to manage their chronic illness can have a positive impact on the value of the services we provide. This article discusses the PRISMS taxonomy and how it's components could be reconstructed for telehealth delivery.
Ease-of-Use Factor in the Design of Telehealth Programs
Consumer satisfaction is the driving force for the planning and design of services. Useful and easy to use telehealth programs can can have a positive impact on the consumer’s adoption of these services. Asynchronous modalities, mHealth and eCommunications are convenient and effective strategies to facilitate end-user adoption.
Using Connected Health to Improve Care Coordination
Connected Health is a term used to describe the collective of telemedicine technologies. Care coordination a key strategy that has the potential to improve the value of our services, but a disjointed system highlighted by deficient communication and collaboration is a barrier to quality care coordination. Care coordination tasks can be reconstructed using digital health tools.