Answer 2 for DNP 805 Post the technology your patient will use at home and how will you connect with the patient using this technology

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. Technologies include videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless communications. Telehealth is different from telemedicine because it refers to a broader scope of remote healthcare services than telemedicine. While telemedicine refers specifically to remote clinical services, telehealth can refer to remote non-clinical services, such as provider training, administrative meetings, and continuing medical education, in addition to clinical services. Some clinicians may provide virtual appointments that enable the patient to see a doctor or a nurse via online videoconferencing. These appointments enable patients to receive ongoing care from their physicians when an in-person visit is not required or possible. Other virtual appointments include web-based visits with a doctor or nurse practitioner. These services are generally for minor illnesses, like the services available at a drop-in clinic. Some large companies provide access to virtual doctors’ offices as a part of their health care offerings (Ashwood JS, Mehrotra A, Cowling D. Uscher-Pines). On discharge, patients are educated to log into a web-based service, they are guided through a series of questions. The doctor or nurse practitioner can prescribe medications, suggest home care strategies, or recommend additional medical care. Similarly, a nursing call center is staffed with nurses who use a question-and-answer format to provide advice for care at home. A nursing call center does not diagnose an illness or prescribe medications (DeBlois, D., & Millefoglie, M. (2015). A variety of technologies enable doctors or health care team to monitor patient’s health remotely. These technologies include. Web-based or mobile apps for uploading information, such as blood glucose readings, to the doctor or health care team. Devices that measure and wirelessly transmit information, such as blood pressure, blood glucose or lung function. Wearable devices that automatically record and transmit information, such as heart rate, blood glucose, gait, posture control, tremors, physical activity, or sleep patterns. Home monitoring devices for older people or people with dementia that detect changes in normal activities such as falls. Technology has the potential to improve the quality of health care and to make it accessible to more people. Telehealth may provide opportunities to make health care more efficient, better coordinated, and closer to home. Telehealth includes video visits, phone calls, online communication, and storing patient data. Your practice may provide telehealth services using email or sharing lab results in a secure patient portal (Department of Health 2017).

References

Ashwood JS, Mehrotra A, Cowling D. Uscher-Pines. Direct-to-consumer telehealth may increase access to care but does not decrease spending.  Health Aff. 2017;36(3):485-491. doi:10.1377/hlthaff:2016.1130 DeBlois, D., & Millefoglie, M. (2015). Telehealth: enhancing collaboration, improving care coordination. Nursing Management, 46(6), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000465402.45956.99.