Understanding Telehealth - Softcover

Rheuban, Karen Schulder; Krupinski, Elizabeth A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259837408 ISBN 13: 9781259837401

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical, 2017

Synopsis

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The first complete guide to the rapidly expanding field of telehealth 

From email to videoconferencing, telehealth puts real-time healthcare solutions at patients’ and clinicians’ fingertips. Every year, the field continues to evolve, enhancing access to healthcare, supporting clinicians, and improving the patient experience. However, since telehealth is in its infancy, no text has offered a comprehensive, definitive survey of this up-and-coming field―until now. 

Written by past presidents of the American Telemedicine Association, Understanding Telehealth explains how clinical applications leveraging telehealth technology are optimizing healthcare delivery. In addition, this timely resource examines the bedrock principles of telehealth and highlights the safety standards involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients through digital communications. Logically organized and supported by high-yield clinical vignettes, the book begins with essential background information, including a look at telehealth history, definitions and roles, and rural health. It then provides an overview of clinical services for adults, from telestroke to telepsychiatry. The third section addresses pediatric clinical services, encompassing pediatric emergency and critical care, telecardiology, and more. 

A groundbreaking resource:

• Chapters cover a broad spectrum of technologies, evidence-based guidelines, and application of telehealth across the healthcare continuum 

• Ideal for medical staff, public healthcare executives, hospitals, clinics, payors, healthcare advocates, and researchers alike

• Incisive coverage of the legal and regulatory environment underpinning telehealth practice

About this title

About the Author

Karen S. Rheuban, MD is Associate Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Virginia Medical Center; Medical Director, University of Virginia Telemedicine Program.

Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD, FSPIE, FSIIM, FATA is Professor and Vice Chair of the Research Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Emory University.

From the Back Cover

Understanding Telehealth edited by Karen S. Rheuban

and Elizabeth A. Krupinski is a wonderful addition

to the literature for the rapidly growing field of

telemedicine and telehealth. Over the past 100 years

or so, telecommunications and information systems have

become highly utilized tools in the delivery of healthcare. This

has and will continue to fundamentally changed how we

teach our learners and how we practice medicine in the 21st

century. Much of the published literature and textbooks

provide a strong pedagogical foundation for learners of all

ages and backgrounds.

The text that telemedicine and telehealth pioneers Rheuban

and Krupinski have edited brings forth a rich collection of

well-written and informative chapters. Editing a book is no

easy task and these editors are to be commended for their

efforts in shepherding a wide range and highly accomplished

authors. This book is full of evidence-based medicine and it

will serve readers well in their pursuit of telemedicine and

telehealth as an effective tool in their practice or business

model.

--TELEMEDICINE AND e-HEALTH, April 2018

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1259837408
• ISBN 13: 9781259837401
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336