FPP2 - FROM TELEMEDICINE TO VIRTUAL CARE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? - (ANSWER)Dr. Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) - (ANSWER)1. Founding the telemedicine/telehealth
program at Memorial University in mid-1970s
2. Overcoming physician's skepticism and patients' wariness
3. Creating a telemedicine system that now includes 65 locations
4. Allowing more than 1000 consultations provided through telemedicine a month
5. Enabling distance health education programs for diabetic patients and parents of deaf children
What is the difference between telemedicine and telehealth? - (ANSWER)Although the terms are used
synonymously, telehealth is broader in focus. It may include educational rounds, remote patient
monitoring and mental health supports
Have priority areas for telemedicine been identified by governments? - (ANSWER)Key priority areas
include Indigenous communities, official language minorities and northern remote communities
Private sector telemedicine - (ANSWER)Telemedicine services exist beyond publicly funded healthcare,
i.e company involved in the provision of healthcare services off shore such as fishing vessels and oil rigs
When was telemedicine developed? - (ANSWER)1970s
What is very important to ensure with telehealth? - (ANSWER)Ensuring privacy, being provided in a safe
and secure environment
T/F: Telehealth can be accessed by patients and their loved ones - (ANSWER)False, can only be accessed
by authorized health care professionals
In 2014, what was the result of the Canada Health Infoway annual tracking survey? -
(ANSWER)Consumer health solution priorities which identified e-health solutions
, FPP2 - FROM TELEMEDICINE TO VIRTUAL CARE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
What was the significance of these solutions? - (ANSWER)Instrumental in developing the favourable
conditions that were necessary to pivot to virtual care in 2020
What were the 5 consumer health solution priorities? - (ANSWER)1. E-visits
2. E-views
3. E-renewal/e-refill
4. E-scheduling
5. Remote patient monitoring
1. E-visits - (ANSWER)Secure messaging between patients and their care providers
2. E-views - (ANSWER)Patient/informal caregiver access to personal information
3. E-renewal/e-refill - (ANSWER)Patient initiated electronic requests for prescription renewals/refills
4. E-scheduling - (ANSWER)Electronic patient self-scheduling with their community or ambulatory care-
based clinician
5. Remote patient monitoring - (ANSWER)Delivery of health care to a patient's home by connecting the
patient and a health care provider through a technology device
What are the 2 primary advantages of telemedicine/telehealth? - (ANSWER)1. Access to medical services
2. Time saved by reduced travel time
Impact on the environment with telemedicine/telehealth? - (ANSWER)Less travel associated costs (both
for the patient and the environment), in addition to providing quality care
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Who is considered to be the Canadian telemedicine pioneer? - (ANSWER)Dr. Maxwell House
What were his contributions to telemedicine? (5) - (ANSWER)1. Founding the telemedicine/telehealth
program at Memorial University in mid-1970s
2. Overcoming physician's skepticism and patients' wariness
3. Creating a telemedicine system that now includes 65 locations
4. Allowing more than 1000 consultations provided through telemedicine a month
5. Enabling distance health education programs for diabetic patients and parents of deaf children
What is the difference between telemedicine and telehealth? - (ANSWER)Although the terms are used
synonymously, telehealth is broader in focus. It may include educational rounds, remote patient
monitoring and mental health supports
Have priority areas for telemedicine been identified by governments? - (ANSWER)Key priority areas
include Indigenous communities, official language minorities and northern remote communities
Private sector telemedicine - (ANSWER)Telemedicine services exist beyond publicly funded healthcare,
i.e company involved in the provision of healthcare services off shore such as fishing vessels and oil rigs
When was telemedicine developed? - (ANSWER)1970s
What is very important to ensure with telehealth? - (ANSWER)Ensuring privacy, being provided in a safe
and secure environment
T/F: Telehealth can be accessed by patients and their loved ones - (ANSWER)False, can only be accessed
by authorized health care professionals
In 2014, what was the result of the Canada Health Infoway annual tracking survey? -
(ANSWER)Consumer health solution priorities which identified e-health solutions
, FPP2 - FROM TELEMEDICINE TO VIRTUAL CARE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
What was the significance of these solutions? - (ANSWER)Instrumental in developing the favourable
conditions that were necessary to pivot to virtual care in 2020
What were the 5 consumer health solution priorities? - (ANSWER)1. E-visits
2. E-views
3. E-renewal/e-refill
4. E-scheduling
5. Remote patient monitoring
1. E-visits - (ANSWER)Secure messaging between patients and their care providers
2. E-views - (ANSWER)Patient/informal caregiver access to personal information
3. E-renewal/e-refill - (ANSWER)Patient initiated electronic requests for prescription renewals/refills
4. E-scheduling - (ANSWER)Electronic patient self-scheduling with their community or ambulatory care-
based clinician
5. Remote patient monitoring - (ANSWER)Delivery of health care to a patient's home by connecting the
patient and a health care provider through a technology device
What are the 2 primary advantages of telemedicine/telehealth? - (ANSWER)1. Access to medical services
2. Time saved by reduced travel time
Impact on the environment with telemedicine/telehealth? - (ANSWER)Less travel associated costs (both
for the patient and the environment), in addition to providing quality care
