title: Telemedicine applications for home health care.
abstract: Home health care in the USA is one of the most rapidly growing segments of the health-care market. Telehealth seeks to reduce some of the inefficiencies of home health care in various ways, including replacing certain nursing visits with video visits, collecting vital-signs data remotely, improving medication compliance and patient education. The use of telehealth in home health-care settings will provide a means of interacting in a client-centred manner, promoting client autonomy through education and improved communications.
authors.affiliation: Tevital Inc., Paoli, PA 19301, USA. ibewarner@usa.pipeline.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States