Matching telehealth applications to the patient, clinician, and agency's needs.
Telehealth offers many opportunities to provide evidence-based, cost-effective home care practice. To ensure success administrators, managers, and clinicians must identify their agency's telehealth goals and compare these with technology manufacturers' recommendations. This article provides a list of considerations agencies can use to evaluate telehealth programs objectively. Successful telehealth applications are also presented.
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Ann
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Noninvasive Medical Technologies, 3201 University Drive, Suite 360, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, USA. frantz@nmtllc.com
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