Description
Book SynopsisImproving the quality of healthcare, while increasing accessibility and lowering costs, is a complex dilemma facing rural communities around the world. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania believed that telehealth, the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare was a viable solution so it recently provided grants to conduct a thorough investigation into the factors involved.
Telehealth in Rural Hospitals: Lessons Learned from Pennsylvania reports the outcome of this year-long investigation. Illustrating telehealth implementations in rural settings, it supplies an overview of telehealth as well as an assessment of its economic impact.
The book skillfully intertwines the research and academic aspects of telehealth with helpful insights from the author. One of the most important discoveries made by the author and her team of researchers is that all too often money is wasted by implementing t
Table of Contents
List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Cut to the Chase, 3 What about Healthcare?, 4 What about Telehealth?, 5 How We Did the Project, 6 Macro Analysis: A Better Approach, 7 What We Found Was Surprising, 8 The Cost of Healthcare—With Telehealth, 9 Recommendations, Appendix A: Questions and Source of Data Methods, Appendix B: Freemind Mapping, Appendix C: Interview Theme Sheets, Appendix D: Telehealth Resources and Current Status, Appendix E: Telehealth Projects in Rural Counties, Appendix F: Survey Information and Instructions, References, About the Author
