Component 5; Unit 13. History of Telemedicine

Component 5; Unit 13. History of Telemedicine

Description:

This unit describes the history of telemedicine.

Objectives:

1. Define telemedicine.
2. Describe the differences between telemedicine and telehealth.
3. Discuss key developments in the history of telemedicine.
4. Identify and describe at least two current applications of telemedicine.

Component 5; Unit 13; Lecture 13 comp5_unit13_lecture_slides 

History of Telemedicine (16:08): 1) Telemedicine definitions; 2) Differences between telemedicine and telehealth; 3) History of telemedicine in the early and late 20th century; 4) Telemedicine reports to Congress; 5) Current and future developments in telemedicine

Suggested Readings

The 2001 Telemedicine Report to Congress – This review of telemedicine issues and policy direction emerged as the Internet grew in importance and most of the content is equally relevant today.  The whole report is almost 100 pages.  If a shorter assignment is desirable, the Executive Summary is only 10 pages.

Evolution & Summative Evaluation of the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network Telemedicine Project – This summary and evaluation of the Alaska telehealth initiative is an excellent model for building and evaluating a telemedicine program.

Telemedicine Reimbursement Report – This review of telemedicine licensing and reimbursement, while dated in 2003, contains an excellent review of the status at that time, and the framework by which it is constructed is valid today for structuring an updated understanding.