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Telehealth and The Digital Divide: Two Lessons Learned in 2020
COVID-19 highlighted issues surrounding telehealth and digital divide. As society turns to the internet for civic and business transactions, those without internet access — or without the skills to use this access — are at a disadvantage.
Recording Medical Visits: Things to Remember
Recording medical visits can be done, but proper planning is needed to avoid risks. We should be familiar with the laws that regulate the recording of conversations. Many patients record medical visits without the consent of the physician, and there is not much we can do about it.
The Environmental Impact of Telemedicine
Telemedicine can help mitigate healthcare’s impact on the environment. The healthcare sector is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases — a leading cause of climate change. Climate change is a threat to the health and wellbeing of our society, which is contrary to the goals of our healthcare system.
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.
Telemedicine and the Patient-Physician Relationship
The patient-physician relationship remains a keystone of healthcare. This relationship must be established before the provision of telemedicine services. The Federation of State Medical Boards has guidelines for the establishment of a valid relationship via telemedicine.
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.
Facilitators of Physician Adoption of Telemedicine Programs — Part 3 of 3
This article focus on an important factor influencing physician engagement and adoption of telemedicine: Financial Incentives/Reinforcement Factor.
Facilitators of Physician Adoption of Telemedicine Programs — Part 2 of 3
This article focus on two factors influencing physician engagement and adoption of telemedicine: Social Influence and Facilitation Conditions.
Facilitators of Physician Adoption of Telemedicine Programs — Part 1 of 3
This article focus on two factors influencing physician engagement and adoption of telemedicine: Usefulness and Ease-of-Use.