It can often be inconvenient for patients to visit a doctor’s office: they must take time off work, re-arrange their schedules, find a means of transportation, and so on.

TeleHealth

It can often be inconvenient for patients to visit a doctor’s office: they must take time off work, re-arrange their schedules, find a means of transportation, and so on. For patients in rural areas, it may involve a long drive, or even a flight if no specialist is available in the region. For these reasons, some medical providers have been exploring ways to provide medical attention remotely, using the telephone.

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Watch the following videos on the use of telephone technology to provide health care remotely.

Elementary School Uses Telehealth to Enhance Student Care (3:29)https://youtu.be/Q9r8QKStXZU

Telemedicine Puts a Doctor Virtually at Your Bedside (8:36) https://youtu.be/u1-MFo7_n-Y

Assignment:

Identify three ways that telehealth could be more effective than conventional medical treatment, and three ways that it could be a challenge.( note: I am medical billing/coding) Save your work in a Word document titled “Telehealth”