This project was created by the members of Team 5

1. Presented by Group 5 members:
Sandy Etienne
Jaya Dubay – Ramrattan
Sadna Samaroo
Kelly-Ann Cornibert
Are you a prospective Telehealthcare client?

2.  Definition of Telehealth
 The telehealth process and procedure
 Suitability and safety as telehealth client
 Technology involved (to be used)
 Their ICT requirements including approx cost
 Ethical and legal considerations
 Security and privacy considerations

3.  Telehealth is the use of electronic information and
telecommunications technologies to support long-
distance clinical health care, patient and professional
health-related education, public health and health
administration. Sewell & Thede(2011).

4. The Telehealth process includes:
 A telehealth consultation which is created to be as
close to an actual visit as possible
 Workstations of telehealth provider is normally within
the vicinity of the practitioners own office
 This saves time for the provider’s schedule and
enhances the abilities of the patients to see the doctor
conveniently located to them without having to
commute very far.

5.  At the patient site, the patient’s clinical
information and vitals signs are assessed and
collected by the telehealth nurse clinician
and fax to the doctor alerting him / her of
the patients information and state of
readiness to be seen.

6.  The interview is then conducted by the use of
videoconferencing so the patient and doctor can see
each other.
 Telehealth are subjected to same HIPAA policies and
procedures. ( Armstrong and freush 2013)

7.  Improved access to medical consultation and
specialists.
 Quicker and more accurate diagnosis and
treatment which leads to improved patient
outcomes.
 Reduced travel, accommodation, and meal
expenses, as location is convenient.
 Decreased stress

8. Hardware, software and peripheral devices are used to
perform telehealth activities. Different technologies
used for telehealth including:
 Telephones
 videophones
 personal computers (PCs)
 videoconferencing systems
 store and forward systems (S&F)
 Specialized Workstations.

10.  Access
 Effectiveness
 Efficiency
 Safety
 Knowledge generating
 Economic impact
 Integration

12.  Safety and security is protected by the Health
Insurance policy and Accountability Act HIPAA. It
establishes national standards for identity for e-health,
health plans and employees. HIPAA secures and
protects privacy of health data.
 Legal and administrative security measures are put in
place to protect patient information

13. Telehealth allows delivery of health related
services and information via
telecommunication technologies. Telehealth
offers secure, individualized, private medical
sessions with specialized physicians, which
will improve patient outcome.

14. How Telehealth works – please view video via hyperlink below.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luClBI57BPM

15.  Armstrong,L.M., and Freush , S.(2013).
Telecommunications for nurses: Providing
Successful Distance education and telehealth . 2nd
edition. Springer publishing
 Sewell, J., Thede, L.,(2013); Informatics and
nursing; Opportunities and Challenges (4th ed.).
PA., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
 How Telehealth work image retrieved on
17/3/2013 from
http://telehealth.philips.com/how_telehealth_works.html