Window of opportunity for home care nurses: telehealth technologies.
Multiple telehealth technologies are currently available for nurses working in home care and other community settings. Furthermore, the rate at which new electronic technologies, which can promote home care nursing, are introduced continues to increase. This article addresses the need for increased use of information technologies in home care nursing, describes how information technologies are changing the way we give nursing care, provides examples of telehealth nursing in home care, and discusses the future of telehealth technologies in nursing.
Russo
H
H
Corridor Group, USA. hollyeve@prodigy.net
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003657:Decision Making; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009737:Nursing Records; D010358:Patient Participation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce