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The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment Workshop Summary (2012) / Chapter Skim
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... University of Virginia Health System For nearly 50 years, telehealth programs have served as innovative tools for the delivery of care, linking patients and providers separated by geographic and socioeconomic barriers, all the while mitigating specialty workforce shortages. Through an explosion of advanced technologies and with significant federal investments in telehealth programs and broadband infrastructure, millions of Americans, and likewise patients around the world, now benefit from care provided through telehealth.
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... WELCOME FROM PROJECT SPONSOR Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. Health Resources and Services Administration Telehealth is a key component in ensuring access to health care services in isolated geographic areas across the United States.
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... The ACA also focuses on improving health care quality through team-based, patient-centered care; telehealth has a role in linking team members. In addition, the ACA focuses on addressing health disparities and improving public health, both of which are very important to rural areas.
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... These include measures on oral health, behavioral health, rural populations, and maternal and prenatal care. The ORHP has an initiative titled the "Flex Rural Veterans Health Access Program," which is using telehealth to increase access to mental health care services for veterans who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to their rural homes.
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... We need to think not just about the clinical applications of telehealth, but also telehealth's utility for continuing education, new training opportunities, and distance-based health professions training oversight. Clearly, telehealth can play a role in supporting the health care workforce just as it can help us to be more efficient, particularly in underserved areas.
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