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Three Telehealth Interventions for Women’s Health — Cervical Health Awareness Month
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death for women in the United States, and almost all cervical cancer cases are linked to infections with high-risk strains of HPV virus. mHealth interventions can be used to educate patients and send reminders about screenings, and to increase HPV vaccine education. Also, tele-colposcopy can be used to increase access to specialized gynecological services.
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.
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.