Health Economics

Telehealth is defined as the use of electronic information with the combination of telecommunications technologies to support long distance clinical healthcare, patient and professional health related education, public health and health administration. Patient’s gain benefits like improves chronic disease management and reduces the burden and cost of transportation of care. Telehealth involves the distribution of information via electronic devices and telecommunication technologies and health-related services. Telehealth could include two clinicians discussing a case over video conference; home monitoring through continuous sending of patient health data; a robotic surgery occurring through remote access; physical therapy done via digital monitoring instruments, client to practitioner online conference; live feed and application combinations; tests being forwarded between facilities for interpretation by a higher specialist; or even videophone interpretation during a consult.