Telemedicine Toolkit
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical healthcare from a distant site. While more convenient and accessible for patients, practitioners face a number of challenges during implementation. This toolkit has been designed to assist our members in implementing a successful telemedicine program by providing guidance in the following areas: policy and procedure, consent, legal regulation, self-site assessment and performance improvement.
Toolkit Materials
Telemedicine Overview and Best Practices
This presentation provides a solid foundation in understanding the legal and regulatory issues surrounding telemedicine, including licensure, the standard of care, informed consent, and credentialing and privileging.
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Telemedicine is a technology in patient care that is growing at a rapid rate. This fact sheet provides information on the numerous types of telemedicine services that are offered and also sets forth some key facts that you need to know when considering telemedicine at your organization.
10 Critical Steps for a Successful Telemedicine Program
Telemedicine is the hot topic of healthcare these days and is predicted to be the future of healthcare. Here are 10 critical steps that have been identified to ensure all bases are covered in order to implement telemedicine service.
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The ASHRM Telemedicine Whitepaper examines telehealth risks utilizing an enterprise risk management framework. This document analyzes risks within the ERM domains of operations, clinical, strategic, financial, human capital, legal, technology and hazard-mitigation.
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Telemedicine programs should have good policies and procedures in place to serve as a guide for staff and ensure patient safety. Provided is a sample policy illustrating the procedures in place for telemedicine related to psychiatric services.
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A consent form is a detailed explanation of a procedure or process in which one gives authorization for or declines a procedure after a discussion of risks and benefits with the physician. The following sample consent form is for a telemedicine program.