Telehealth and Telemedicine - Transforming Healthcare, Episode 4

Telemedicine (also known as telepractice) is defined by the Federation of State Medical Boards as 'The practice of medicine using electronic communication, information technology, or other means between a physician in one location and a patient in another location, with or without an intervening healthcare provider'

Telehealth refers broadly to electronic and telecommunication technologies and services, including the internet, video conferencing, store and forward imaging, streaming media, and wireless communications used to provide care and services at a distance

Telemedicine includes conducting diagnostic tests, closely monitoring a patient's progress after treatment or therapy, and facilitating access to specialists that are not located in the same place as the patient

Telehealth includes a wider variety of remote healthcare services beyond the doctor-patient relationship, including remote non-clinical services like administrative meetings, medical education, and provider training

While telemedicine refers specifically to remote clinical services, telehealth can refer to remote non-clinical services

All telemedicine is telehealth, but not all telehealth is telemedicine

There are three main categories of telemedicine: telementoring, teleconsultation, and telemonitoring