NU 501 Ch 8&9 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Telehealth Correct Answer Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long- distance clinical healthcare, health-related education, public health, and health administration Telemedicine Correct Answer Use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the purpose of improving patient care, treatment, and services Telenursing Correct Answer Use of telehealth technology to deliver nursing care and conduct nursing practice Successful telehealth programs Correct Answer - Rochester General Health Telehealth Program (developed in 2008, clinic- based telehealth program. Live pt. Consults, 34 physicians, 5 midleve HC providers. (Rochester, New York) - U.S. Army (Department of Defense) using telemedicine since 1992. 22 services available, including behavioral health (55% of services), cards, telederm, ID, neurosurg, pain management, orthopedic. - Seacoast Missions Telehealth Program (Bar Harbor, Maine) (sunbeam V) 72 ft boat providing life conferencing to 4 islands with no HC providers. - University of Miami, Miami Miller School of Medicine (Miami, Florida) T Teledermatology program for private cruise ships. 1897 Correct Answer First report was documented. The lancet 1964 Correct Answer Modern telehealth programs began. 1960s Correct Answer National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) led telehealth initiatives. July 2003 to December 2007: Correct Answer Veteran's Administration (VA) conducted a home telecare program analysis. 2008 Correct Answer Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme was launched. To determine the effectiveness of telehealth , involved more than 600 participants Leading telehealth organizations Correct Answer - American Nurses Association (ANA)-- interdisciplinary standards working group, 41 reps from different HC orgs and professional associations. The report, core principles on telehealth represents a sense of profession as a whole. Purpose of core principles is to create a baseline standard of quality telehealth care.