Developing a pilot telehealth program: one agency's experience.
This article explores one home care agency's experience launching a pilot telehealth program. Patient selection, costs, projected savings, and patient satisfaction with the telehealth program are discussed.
Walsh
Maureen
M
Nursing and Home Care, Wilton, CT 06897, USA.
Coleman
John R
JR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003237:Connecticut; D017046:Cost Savings; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018579:Patient Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*