title: Down to the fundamentals of telehealth and home healthcare nursing.
abstract: Many changes have taken place in the field of home healthcare. Because of these changes, home health agencies must be creative and implement various tools that help improve quality of care for their patients. Starting with the most basic intervention definitely can lend a hand in improving patient outcomes. Phone monitoring, the most basic form of telehealth, can be an important aspect in a patient's plan of care.
authors.affiliation: VNA of El Paso, Inc., El Paso, Texas, USA. smvas@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Monica S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vasquez
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000451:nursing; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013689:Telephone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration