Getting Started in Telehealth
This section includes numerous resources on how to get started with initiating telehealth in your organization. It consists of a variety of information from a startup checklist to a set of best practices and steps to developing a successful program.
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AHIMA Telemedicine Toolkit
The American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) telemedicine toolkit summarizes telemedicine’s introduction to the medical field, benefits and challenges associated with it, requirements of a successful telemedicine program and how to get started.
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MGMA Telehealth Startup Checklist
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) provides a startup checklist to assist in the operations of telehealth. It gives direction with the implementation and workflow of these services. It also focuses on reinforcing the physician’s role in physician-patient engagement.
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ANA Core Principles on Connected Health
A guide is available to prepare healthcare professionals in the use of technology in healthcare. Telehealth experts base these principles from the policies they develop. Literature suggests that telecommunications can be useful in healthcare by using this foundation.
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Determining Staffing Needs for Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth
This decision guide features steps to determine the staffing needs for conducting telehealth in your practice or facility. It focuses on the advantages and disadvantages that interest staff and clinicians connected to virtual visitation.
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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. This presentation has been updated from Complying with Telemedicine Requirements by Nadia de la Houssaye, Attorney at Law, Jones-Walker, LLP, and given at the LHA Trust Funds Trends in Healthcare Seminar on July 13, 2017.
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Telemedicine Fact Sheet
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.
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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. Many questions have arisen in regard to this practice, particularly in establishment of this project. Concerns include issues related to the finances, security, environment and representatives involved in this process. Specific steps need to be taken in order to develop a successful telemedicine program. Here are 10 critical steps that have been identified to ensure all bases are covered in order to implement this service.
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Telehealth Playbook
The Telehealth Playbook was developed by the American Medical Association in 2020 to help physicians quickly implement telehealth services in their office practices. The playbook offers step-by-step assistance in implementing a telehealth program and answers many questions associated with these services.