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... In addition, widespread adoption of effective telemedicine applications depends on a complex, broadly distributed technical and human infrastructure that is only partly in place and is being profoundly affected by rapid changes in health care, information, and communications system.
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... Specifically, the charge to the planning committee was to · discuss the evolution of telehealth since 1996, including the increas ing role of the private sector, policies that have promoted or de layed the use of telehealth, and consumer acceptance of telehealth; · discuss the current evidence base for telehealth, including available data and gaps in data; · discuss how technological developments, including mobile tele health (mHealth) , electronic intensive care units, remote monitor ing, social networking, and wearable devices, in conjunction with the push for electronic health records, is changing the delivery of health care in rural and urban environments; and · discuss actions that the U.S.
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... states, Telemedicine and telehealth both describe the use of medical informa tion exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve the patients' health status. Although evolving, telemedicine is sometimes associated with direct patient clinical services and telehealth is sometimes associated with a broader definition of remote health care services.
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... Chapter 10 examines how telehealth is being embraced at the state level. Chapter 11 considers the experiences of the federal government in providing telehealth care.
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