Telehealth: A Balanced Look at Incorporating This Technology Into Practice

This article explores the use of telehealth and the ability to provide health care to patients through interactive technology and telecommunication tools. The use of telehealth continues to grow, reaching multiple medical specialties and providing care to a greater population of patients. The purpos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casey W. Neville DHSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-07-01
Series:SAGE Open Nursing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2377960818786504
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Summary:This article explores the use of telehealth and the ability to provide health care to patients through interactive technology and telecommunication tools. The use of telehealth continues to grow, reaching multiple medical specialties and providing care to a greater population of patients. The purpose of this article is to increase the knowledge of telehealth, identify positive outcomes associated with telehealth as well as potential barriers, and evaluate the benefits against the downfalls to determine whether the positive outcomes outweigh the barriers.
ISSN:2377-9608