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Essential Telemedicine Terms Clinicians Should Know

Enzyme Health

Applying for telemedicine jobs and want to stand out? This quick telehealth glossary covers the basic terminology telemedicine clinicians should know. ATA : ATA stands for the American Telemedicine Association and is the prominent professional telemedicine organization in the United States.

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Reuters Health: Telemedicine surging in US but still uncommon

mHealth Insight

“Although telemedicine visits have increased sharply in the U.S. The goal of telemedicine is to help improve access to specialty care, particularly in rural, underserved areas of the country, researchers note in JAMA. In the real world successful mHealth applications were commonplace in 2009.

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A New Proposal for Telecommunications Support & Rethinking "Home Telehealth"

LinkousThink

In December 2009 ATA provided comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding a proposed national plan for broadband. That is why ATA suggested that “instead of home-based telemedicine, a more appropriate term is remote person-based care or personal telehealth.” The tether to "place" has been broken.

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8 benefits of Telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. The role of mHealth for improving medication adherence in patients with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. A telephone survey of patient satisfaction with realtime telemedicine in a rural community in Colombia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Monagesh et al.