Explain the rationale for the use of the “tele” form of this specialty of health care services.

Telemedicine For Better of For Worse

For this assignment you will be examining one of the subspecialties of telemedicine/telehealth.

Select one of the subspecialties of telemedicine/telehealth listed in this week’s reading. Then, use the reading, multimedia, and your own research to address the following:

Explain the rationale for the use of the “tele” form of this specialty of health care services.

Discuss reasons for why better health care can be provided using this subspecialty of telemedicine rather than the face-to-face traditional alternative. Be sure to address access to care, cost of services, stakeholders (investors or those with economic interests), efficiency, effectiveness, quality of care and a client-centered focus.

Evaluate the strengths of this approach given the lack of human interaction. Compare the limitations to the benefits.