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Working with telehealth in healthcare means alternating among ‘consultancy’, ‘advocacy’ and ‘activism’. Telehealth, which can be defined as two-way interaction between a person and a provider using audio-visual telecommunications technology, is a recent area of focus in healthcare. This chapter discusses selected projects from several fields illustrating (1) ‘Store-and-Forward’ cases in which data is sent to a specialist for asynchronous analysis; (2) Remote Patient Monitoring cases, where electronic communication technologies are utilised for the care and support of an individual in a different location; and (3) Mobile Health cases, in which practice and education are supported by mobile communication devices such as cell phones, tablet computers and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). We explore these telehealth components and focus on our current interlinking projects in which new forms of mobile health and videoconferencing combine to support efforts by low-income older persons to increase mobility and avoid institutionalisation.
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Davis, B.H., Van Ravenstein, K., Pope, C. (2020). Speaking of Digital Communication: Home-Based Telehealth for Patients and Providers. In: Mullany, L. (eds) Professional Communication. Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41668-3_8
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