Telemedicine

Access to Care: Telemedicine

Access to care can involve two issues: Geographic access and timeliness of care. Some people in the United States live in rural communities that do not have the number or type healthcare providers needed to care for the population, especially specialty providers (i.e., cardiologists, oncologists, endocrinologists, etc. ). Other people have many physicians in their community, but they must wait weeks before they can schedule an appointment with the type of provider they need to see.
One state designed a project to increase access to care in rural areas for patients with Hepatitis C.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Newsletters/Quality-Matters/2009/November-December-2009/Case-Study.aspx

Two Additional articles to be used:

http://www.rtmagazine.com/issues/articles/2011-07_04.asp

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/35295/20100713/u-s-telemedicine-investment-grows.htm

 

Review the article by the Commonwealth Fund and find at least two more articles concerning telemedicine and respond to the following.

How has telemedicine impacted the treatment of diseases and illnesses in rural areas of the United States?

Discuss some examples of ways that telemedicine has been used to improve the health of people in the United States.

What are some of the barriers to the implementation of projects using telemedicine?

What areas of your state could benefit from telemedicine and why?

Present your analysis with supporting information as a 3-page report in a Word document formatted in APA style. ONLY USE REFRECES THAT ARE 2 YEARS OLD OR LESS!!!!

Assignment Criteria

Explained the impact of telemedicine.

Discussed examples of ways telemedicine has improved the health of people in the United States.

Discussed barriers and areas that could benefit from telemedicine.

Presented a structured document free of spelling and grammatical errors.

Properly cited sources using APA format.