Telehealth
Telehealth is the use of digital information and communication technologies to access health care services remotely and manage your health care. Technologies can include computers and mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones. This may be technology you use from home. Or a nurse or other health care professional may provide telehealth from a medical office or mobile van, such as in rural areas. Telehealth can also be technology that your health care provider uses to improve or support health care services.
Goals of Telehealth
The goals of telehealth, sometimes called e-health or m-health (mobile health), include the following:
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Make health care easier to get for people who live in communities that are remote or in the country.
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Keep you and others safe if you have an infectious disease such as COVID-19.
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Make services more easily offered or handy for people who have limited ability to move, time or transportation.
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Improve communication and coordination of care among health care team members and a person getting care.