- Requires staff and a thorough infrastructure to optimize workflow

Limitations to patient initiated (tele-)communication

Patient can get medical assistance from medical providers directly saving time on more "basic" issues. Reduces strain on front-line workers and allows said providers to focus on more pressing concerns. 

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Telehealth encounters can be encountered by the following:
- E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications
- Remote patient monitoring
- E-consult: patient-initiated communication
- Telephone visit
- Video visit

Telehealth encounters

Wosik, J., Fudim, M., Cameron, B., Gellad, Z. F., Cho, A., Phinney, D., . . . Tcheng, J. (2020). Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(6), 957-962. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocaa067

Telehealth transformation: COVID-19 and the rise of virtual care

Specialists can communicate in real-time to optimize patient care as well as having accessible second opinions based on patient request.

E-consult: clinician-to-clinician communications

Remote patient monitoring, or the direct transmission of a patient’s clinical measurements to a healthcare provider, provides an efficient method of monitoring conditions as they progress. Symptoms and developments of chronic conditions can be tracked effectively as well.

Remote patient monitoring

E-consult: patient-initiated communication

Can replace sine unnecessary face-to-face visits; saving time, resources, and strain on the entire healthcare system, especially in terms of cost.

Telephone visit

A form of telehealth encounter involving synchronous patient-clinician communication with both audio and video, allowing care providers to visually observe patients.

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