Application: Patient-Centered Technologies
Patients today are more active in the health concerns that impacts the patients’ wellbeing. The reason the patients outcome is changing is the willingness of the patients to ask physician and nurses’ questions, research information concerning their diagnosis. The purpose of the discussion discovers how patient-centered care uses technology to manage their care, understand risk and benefits of e-technology, and the awareness of e-technology effect on patient outcome.
Patient-Centered Technology and the Population of Patients
Technology and Features, Functions and Design to Manage Health
Technology presents many challenges for the elderly and home-bound patients. Lack of education and training causes difficulty for many that seeks to manage their care. The telehealth is the technology of interest. Telehealth communication offers smartphones, personal computers, text messaging and Skype. According to Waegemann (2010) views of “mhealth as the new generation of telemedicine that is laying the foundation for a new generation of healthcare” (p. 334). Patients and providers are using mhealth to provide healthcare for patient-centered, is using communication, to ensure continuous patient care. The model is moving health care from provider …show more content…
The more knowledge a patient has, the better chance patients have in managing their health. Saba and McCormick (2015) suggest the component of eHealth concept with the difference being around the delivery mechanism. Telehealth includes video conferencing, store and forward systems, and e-visits via a secure Web Portal (Saba and McCormick, 2015). These new systems are driving communication to manage patient care in the rural settings; patients have difficulty scheduling or meeting the professional and managing their
Patients today are more active in the health concerns that impacts the patients’ wellbeing. The reason the patients outcome is changing is the willingness of the patients to ask physician and nurses’ questions, research information concerning their diagnosis. The purpose of the discussion discovers how patient-centered care uses technology to manage their care, understand risk and benefits of e-technology, and the awareness of e-technology effect on patient outcome.
Patient-Centered Technology and the Population of Patients
Technology and Features, Functions and Design to Manage Health
Technology presents many challenges for the elderly and home-bound patients. Lack of education and training causes difficulty for many that seeks to manage their care. The telehealth is the technology of interest. Telehealth communication offers smartphones, personal computers, text messaging and Skype. According to Waegemann (2010) views of “mhealth as the new generation of telemedicine that is laying the foundation for a new generation of healthcare” (p. 334). Patients and providers are using mhealth to provide healthcare for patient-centered, is using communication, to ensure continuous patient care. The model is moving health care from provider …show more content…
The more knowledge a patient has, the better chance patients have in managing their health. Saba and McCormick (2015) suggest the component of eHealth concept with the difference being around the delivery mechanism. Telehealth includes video conferencing, store and forward systems, and e-visits via a secure Web Portal (Saba and McCormick, 2015). These new systems are driving communication to manage patient care in the rural settings; patients have difficulty scheduling or meeting the professional and managing their