This Web Forum will explore the current telehealth landscape and examine essential telehealth components (interstate licensure, practice principles, clinical standards, reimbursement, health policy, and advocacy). Effective integration and utilization of telehealth in reaching patients with vital health care services through pragmatic and sustainable care delivery models will be discussed.
Objectives: At the conclusion of this Web Forum, participants will be able to:
Identify the available technological modalities by which patient care delivery is available and how these may drive quality outcomes and healthcare value.
Describe the essential components of safe and responsible care by telehealth.
Discuss how policy influences the adoption and dissemination of care delivery by telehealth.
Discuss the pragmatic application of telehealth across the primary care continuum and beyond.