Chapter 4
Remote medical consultations and exams were first tried ______.
As soon as the telephone was invented
One of the most successful telemedicine programs links hospitalized premature infants with their patents at home. It is called ______.
Baby CareLink
_____ technology is used to link electronic devices.
Bluetooth
Telepsychiatry is the recommended therapy for anyone regardless of mental disorder.
False
The broadband links are in place to deliver telemedicine all over the world.
False
_______ allows doctors and patients to consult in real time, at a distance.
Interactive videoconferencing
Elderly, frail patients and patients in poor health are more likely than others too suffer from problematic injuries. _____ can increase access to specialists.
Telewound care
telestroke
a program that connects small local hospitals with stoke experts. When a stroke victim appears at the local hospital, the doctors do CT scans and forward them to stroke specialists
Before telemedicine can deliver high quality medical services at a distance, ______.
a reliable broadband telecommunications network had to be in place, state licensing barriers have to be overcome
computed tomography colonography
a virtual colonoscopy
Establishing a telemedicine site is so inexpensive that any clinic can afford it.
false
In Vermont and Arizona ______ projects link trauma surgeons homes with hospital emergency departments.
Teletrauma
Telemedicine involves _______.
The linking our doctors and patients at a distance, the transmission of radiologic images via telecommunications lines, the transmission of patient data in any form
In 2006, in Japan, a group of scientists began using a mobile phone based heat monitor.
True
Medical insurance had limited and restricted telemedicine.
True
Remote monitoring devices make it possible for patients to be monitored at home.
True
State licensing of doctors is an obstacle to the development of telemedicine.
True
Telemedicine had the potential of giving immediate access to specialists regardless of distance.
True
bluetooth
a wireless technology that can connect digital devices from computers to medical devices to cell phones
interactive videoconferencing
allows doctors and patients to consult in real time, at a distance
Many telemedicine programs have been found to be effective; however; _____ is not.
distance monitoring of problem pregnancies
The electronic patient record is absolutely secure.
false
SATELLITE
founded in 1989, its purpose was to deliver journals and other information to health care workers in developing areas
Telemedicine projects in prisons have been found to _____.
improve health care, cut costs, improve security.
telehealth
includes telemedicine and other health related activities using telecommunications lines and computers, including education, research, public health, and administration of health services
Parkinson's disease
involves damage to brain cells that hamper brain communication having to do with balance, movement, walking and speech
telenursing
involves teletriage and the telecommunications of health related data, the remote house call, and the monitoring of chronic disease
telehome care
involves the monitoring of vital signs from a distance via telecommunications equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with videoconferences
teleconferencing
may involve anything from a conference call to a meeting between people who are not in the same place, but who can see and hear each other via video and audio equipment. It may also involve sharing documents on monitors and being able to work on them cooperatively
teleneurology
neurology was slower to use telemedicine than other specialties. Now, however, email and video-conferencing are replacing that letter and telephone call. One of the first subspecialties to use telemedicine in neurology in stroke diagnosis
A remote house call by a visiting nurse is an example of ______.
none of the above
Baby CareLink
originated in Massachusetts. Its purpose was to compare high risk, premature infants receiving traditional care with an experimental group, which in addition to traditional care received a telemedicine link to the hospital while the babies were hospitalized and for 6 months after. The addition of telemedicine to the care of premature babies has been so successful that Baby CareLink is now used throughout the United States
Telemedicine is used in some way in the treatment of ______.
psychiatric disorders, cancer, skin reaches
The transmission of microscopic images over telecommunications lines is called _______.
remote monitoring
The technology used in teleradiology is called _______.
store and forward
store and forward technology
technique in which the data to be sent are digitized, stored, and transmitted over a telecommunications network
The _______ program at Massachusetts General allows quick diagnosis and can determine if tPA should be used in treatment.
telestroke
Telemedicine
the delivery of health care over telecommunications lines
telepsychiatry
the delivery of therapy using telecommunications lines
teledermatology
the practice of dermatology using telecommunications networks
teleradiology
the sending of radiological images in digital form over telecommunication lines
telepathology
the transmission of microscopic images over telecommunications lines
remote monitoring devices
transmits signals over communication lines, making it possible for patients to be monitored at home or in ambulances
telewound care
treating chronic wounds using telemedicine, telewound care can benefit from the use of both store and forward and videoconferencing technology
The oldest form of telemedicine is teleradiology.
true
Teleoncology
use of telemedicine to treat cancer