Common Telehealth Terminology and Primer
DEFINITIONS (adapted from American Telemedicine Association Operating Procedures for Pediatric Telehealth)
CLASSIFICATION TERMS
Telehealth: Broad term for remote healthcare including clinical services, tele-education, teleresearch, and other non-clinical applications. Videoconferencing, transmission of still images, e-health including patient portals, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education and nursing call centers are all considered part of telemedicine and telehealth.
Telemedicine: The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status. elemedicine is typically considered a subset of telehealth services.