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23 - Telemedicine and Telehealth Role in Public Health Emergencies

from PART II - OPERATIONAL ISSUES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2011

By
Adam W. Darkins
Edited by
Kristi L. Koenig  and
Carl H. Schultz
Kristi L. Koenig
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
Carl H. Schultz
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
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Summary

OVERVIEW

Telemedicine and Telehealth

Telemedicine involves the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to deliver medical care services in situations in which patients and providers are separated by geographical distance. Telemedicine technologies enable consultations and/or care delivery to take place remotely. Telemedicine has a role in improving access to care, for example in rural and remote areas that are medically underserved. Worldwide, people are becoming increasingly connected by a variety of telecommunications technology platforms. Existing and emerging applications on these telecommunications platforms are rapidly transforming homes and workplaces as well as how services such as healthcare will be provided. Hospitals and clinics have been the main locations for healthcare provision but technology is now taking aspects of these services into the home and local communities.

Telemedicine is a subset of telehealth. Telehealth encompasses a wider use of information and telecommunications technologies to deliver other aspects of healthcare. In addition to clinical consultations and care, telehealth includes the remote monitoring of health status, providing multimedia-based education to staff and offering information to patients to foster informed medical decision making. The role for telehealth in providing healthcare services in public health emergencies should be considered within the context of a changing social environment created by emerging technologies.

Keywords

amateur radio networksdisaster managementhome telehealth applicationsstore-and-forward applicationstelehealthpublic health emergenciesreal-time clinical videoconferencingtelemedicineweb-based information
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Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine
Comprehensive Principles and Practices
 , pp. 345 - 360
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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