Telehealth benefits and adoption

Telehealth Benefits and Adoption Connecting People and May 30th, 2011 —Page 1 Providers across Canada 1.0 Executive Summary The objective of the Telehealth Adoption and Benefits Study was to inform Telehealth stakeholders, including funders of Telehealth programs, health system administrators, clinicians and patients, about the evidence of value of Telehealth activities in Canada. [...] Telehealth Benefits and Adoption Connecting People and May 30th, 2011 —Page 6 Providers across Canada 7. Analysis and reporting 8. Recommendations and actions 2.2.1 Evaluation Project Description The objective of the Telehealth Benefits and Adoption Study was to identify and measure benefits currently being experienced in Canada through the delivery of Telehealth services offered by different juri [...] The table below presents a selection of reported services during the time of the benefits aggregation study:1 Table 1. Availability of Clinical Telehealth Services by Jurisdiction CLINICAL SERVICE2 BC AB SK MB ON QC3 NB NS NL YK NT NU Blood Disorders, Haemophilia X X X X X X. X Chronic Disease (Diabetes, COPD, X X X X X X X X X X X X Cardiology-CHF, Hypertension) Chronic Pain X X. X X X. X X. X De [...] X X. X X X. X Family Visitations X X X X X X X X X X X X Gastroenterology X X X X X X. X Genetics X X X X X X X X X X X X Geriatrics. [...] X X X X X X X X X X Health Education, Rounds X X X X X X X X X X X X Homecare Monitoring (CHF, Diabetes, X. X X X X. X Hypertension) ICU/Emergency, Trauma Assessment X X. X X X. X X Infectious Diseases.