3. Standards 2.2 Evaluate the use of tele-health care in the delivery of health care in a clinical and home setting 2.2 Evaluate the use of tele-health care in the delivery of health care in a clinical and home setting

5. A world where people living in far- flung areas need not travel hundreds of miles to get specialty care that could save their lives?

6. A world where you will be treated in an emergency room by a nurse at your side and a physician at a distant emergency department?

7. A world where doctors and nurses in rural America can learn about new medical practices at the touch of a computer key?

9. Tele-health is the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health.

10. TelephoneWebcam Video Conferencing ComputersInternet Digital Imaging Satellite Technology Robotics

11. A physician uses email to communicate with patients, and drug prescriptions and other health services are being offered on the Web, 'telehealth' It could be as simple as…

12. Tele-Control Devices

13. Emergency Room Robotics

14. HOW? Two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone Or use satellite technology to broadcast a consultation between providers at facilities in two countries, using videoconferencing equipment or robotic technology.

16. Cost Insurances may not pay Training Reluctance to change Impersonal

17. Benefits International institutions benefit from the latest and most advanced medical, research, educational and economic information available. International institutions benefit from the latest and most advanced medical, research, educational and economic information available. Technological development of customized, creative tele- education programs. Technological development of customized, creative tele- education programs. Worldwide transmission of electronic medical information, images, interactive diagnoses and real-time consultations. Worldwide transmission of electronic medical information, images, interactive diagnoses and real-time consultations. Communication enables specialists to receive, within a matter of minutes, patient reports and histories, pathology slides, X-rays and other radiological images for analysis from locations worldwide. Communication enables specialists to receive, within a matter of minutes, patient reports and histories, pathology slides, X-rays and other radiological images for analysis from locations worldwide. Less cost for continuing education units. Less cost for continuing education units.

18. #1 Benefit Coordination of care!

19. Types Real Time Telehealth Real Time Telehealth Telemental Health Telemental Health Telemental Health Telemental Health Telerehabilitation Telerehabilitation Telerehabilitation Telecardiology Telecardiology Teleneurology Teleneurology Robotics Robotics Animal Care Animal Care

20. International Links The American Telemedicine Association CancerNet Drug Infonet Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HospitalWeb The International Society for Telemedicine The Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare Radiological Society of North America TelehealthNet Telemedicine Today Telemedicine Information Exchange